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Hand Play Tips For Kids With Hemiparesis or Hemiplegia
By: Renata Bursten, Dragonfly Staff
These parents are passing their best tips along to you!
On this page you will find these and many other excellent hand play tips.
One exercise I remember Kyle's OT mentioning was picking M&Ms out of an egg carton. This works on the pincher grasp and I would think it would help strengthen his pointer finger. The M&Ms are for motivation.
- Ranee
Tissue paper schrunching is a really low tech exercise. Have the child crumple up p bits of soft paper and then throw them round the room. Then they have to chase them by walking or crawling and pick them up with their toes. This helps with hands and feet!
-A Mom
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