Hand & Finger Strengthening Ideas: Pegs
Resistive tools such as clips and clothes pegs are helpful tools to develop and strengthen the muscles of the fingers. While using these tools, ensure that the thumb-finger circle is ’round’ by keeping your thumb and index finger bent.
Help peg the clothes on the line |
Engineering challenge: Build a structure with craft sticks/toothpicks and pegs or binder clips.  |
Matching fun: Match the number of pegs according to the number label. Try writing numbers or letters onto wooden clothes pegs and match them to word, alphabet or number flash cards.  |
Peg painting: Peg cotton balls, porn porns or small sponges and paint with them.  |
Sorting fun: Sort small items such as porn porns according to their colour or type using pegs.  |
Squeeze onto the edge of a can: Pinch clothes pegs and attach them to an edge of a can, cups or something similar.  |