![]() ![]() Theraputty is also used during sensory play and can provide sensory tactile input, which can help to calm kids by allowing them to self-regulate. Carrying out the following hand activities prior to fine motor or drawing tasks helps the child’s hands prepare for activity. Theraputty is often used as a calming manipulative tool and as a distraction tool or fidget option. Theraputty improves dexterity and fine motor skills often after hand injury. There are many uses of theraputty including building hand and finger strength which helps kids develop their handwriting grip or grip for dressing skills e.g. Theraputty takes the shape of whatever container it is in, a 'gravitational' material leave it in the container when not in use as it can stick to clothing etc and can be difficult to remove. The levels of resistance or firmness are colour coded as follows (this may vary depending on brand): It is recommended that you use the colour your therapist recommends or start softer until your kids builds up their hand strength and skills. Theraputty comes in its own plastic container and in various grades of firmness ranging from XX-soft to X-firm. ![]() It is similar to playdough however it is non oily, brightly colored, non-toxic, non-sticky putty which is fun to mold and stretch, hide coins or small toys and play hide and seek! It not only works on a variety of skills such as dexterity, improving grip strength, hand strengthening through finger, hand and wrist resistance exercises but it is also lots of fun! I need some suggestions! So far, here is what I have hidden in my daughter’s theraputty tub for her to dig out.Theraputty has multiple uses and is a popular exercise putty used by Occupational Therapists (OT). My only word of warning is that this stuff takes the shape of the container it is in, so if it gets on shag carpet - well you might be replacing carpet. This is not intended to be a product review exactly, and I certainly did not receive any theraputty or thinking putty for free. I am pretty sure it is going to benefit the handwriting of all my children, but I am especially excited about the younger children using it now - before they need to be writing on a daily basis. I wish I had known about therapy putty earlier - that ‘s why I am blogging about it. I did not know that finger strength was the reason Anna’s handwriting and other fine motor skills were so bad. I bought a container of this at a local boutique so that my older children have a bit more of a challenge. I have found a different version called Crazy Aaron’s Thinking Putty which is the same thing as the hard grade and comes in several variations from heat sensitive color change to electric colors. This week, I am going to hide things in the big tub for her to dig out. Then she folds the pancake in half to make a taco and she is done. Next she smashes the spiral with her thumb and makes a pancake. Then she shapes the hotdog into a P and then a spiral. It’s more challenging then you might think! Then, she has to make the three peas into a hotdog. What do we do with it? First Anna pulls off 3 small pieces and rolls them into peas using only her fingers. We will slowly increase the difficulty as her fingers improve. So what is Therapy putty? Well, it’s an awful lot like Silly Putty only it comes in six levels of hardness which makes it easier or more difficult to manipulate then Silly Putty. The great thing about putty play is that my preschooler and toddlers and even my big kids are building finger strength right along with their sister. Either of those offenses and you immediately lose your putty. No getting down from the table with putty. My two year old twins see the putty on the shelf and start begging for it all day long. ![]() We have a few minutes of putty play every day and even my big kids are taking the challenge to complete the exercises. So I ordered a bigger tub :).Ī few weeks later, the interest has not worn off. I took it home, and pulled it out a few hours later to complete the recommended exercises with Anna and like magnets to the mother load I had all six children around the table begging for putty. She handed me a little bitty tub for $6.50, and right away, I knew I was going to have to buy more. The first suggestion our therapist Mary Ann made was TheraPutty. I am so excited to finally be able to put her in therapy and get the help she needs. A few weeks ago we started occupational therapy for my seven year old because she is just struggling with low muscle tone, poor fine motor skills, and sensory integration issues which I have known she had for a while.
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