Pincer Grip
Weaving helps to develop strength between the thumb and forefinger.
Children naturally practice this as they hold onto the ribbon or similar item being threaded.
This is also a pre-writing skill.
Hand & Eye Coordination
Weaving helps develop hand-eye coordination and encourages children to use the visual information received to coordinate the movement of the hands.
Concentration
It isn’t an uncommon sight to see children really concentrate when they weave.
There is often silence as they carefully move the material between the rods.
Creativity
Children can get very creative when it comes to weaving. There are really no right or wrong ways of doing it. They might choose to use different objects or create patterns.
These are some activities you could do with your child at home:
Note: to help them follow a pattern remind them of going over and under - over - under -over -under
Weaving helps to develop strength between the thumb and forefinger.
Children naturally practice this as they hold onto the ribbon or similar item being threaded.
This is also a pre-writing skill.
Hand & Eye Coordination
Weaving helps develop hand-eye coordination and encourages children to use the visual information received to coordinate the movement of the hands.
Concentration
It isn’t an uncommon sight to see children really concentrate when they weave.
There is often silence as they carefully move the material between the rods.
Creativity
Children can get very creative when it comes to weaving. There are really no right or wrong ways of doing it. They might choose to use different objects or create patterns.
These are some activities you could do with your child at home:
Note: to help them follow a pattern remind them of going over and under - over - under -over -under
For our first introduction on weaving we began weaving a flower all together.
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