pencil grip
How fingers clutch
A pencil grip is a small rubber or foam attachment that slides onto a pencil to make it easier or more comfortable to hold.
Teachers use them to help children learn proper finger positioning: The occupational therapist recommended a pencil grip for his handwriting.
Pencil grip also refers to the way someone holds a writing instrument—the tripod grip being most common.
- graspSeize or understand
- fingersAppendages of the hand
- finger placementWhere to put digits
- holdMaintain in grasp
- writingRecorded language on surface
handwriting · fine motor skills · tripod · ergonomic · pressure · thumb · knuckle · fatigue · posture · control · squeeze · cradle · rubber · comfort · child · occupational therapy · learning · practice
- assistive deviceswheelchair, glasses, wheelchairs, eyeglasses, walkers
- hand skillsdexterity, finger snapping, fine motor skills, grasping, hand coordination
- stationerypen, paper, notebook, envelope, eraser
- gripshandgrip, grasp, pincer grasp, choking up, overgrip
- school readinesskindergarten, kindergarten screening, preschool readiness, readiness, school readiness
- Pediatric OToccupational therapist, fine motor skills, gross motor skills, sensory processing, eye-hand coordination