Savvy Statin Shopping. Let's go shopping. This edition of Staying Well focuses on how to be a savvy shopper in choosing a statin for your patients, a timely issue in light of the US Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) new simvastatin warnings.
From around 18 months old, your toddler will probably hold a brush or pen with her whole hand, and make her marks by moving her arms around (Thomson Delmar Learning 2007) . It won't be until your child is three years or older that she'll be able to hold a pencil in the writing position (Thomson Delmar Learning 2007) .
Given the tricky nature of pencil holding â and its impact on kidsâ handwriting skills â I thought Iâd share a few OT-based tricks so you can help kids learn how to hold their pencil correctly. Trick #1: Use shorter pencils. A shorter pencil means less space for cramming in unnecessary fingers. It basically forces kids to pinch with thumb and index finger. This is why the popular curriculum Handwriting Without Tears uses their own brand of short pencils, however, golf pencils work just fine, too.