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.