musical instruments to improve fine motor

January 13, 2009

My 5yo has apraxia, motor planning delay, SPD and fine motor delays.

He still uses palmer grip when holding a pencil. Is there a musical

instrument to help with finger strength? I thought about piano class

but want to hear from people whom have been there, done that. He is

in lots of therapies and activities (speech, ot, pt, swimming,

hippotheray, and Little Gym) and I wanted to make sure that I am not

wasting money and time that he can spend elsewhere.

Thank you,

January 13, 2009

Hi ,

I am not sure if you want independent finger movement or hand strengthening.

If he move each finger independently, then piano is great. Keyboarding will

help with this skill as well.

There are some good exercises NACD has. One is to touch each finger

independently to the thumb. This is not really strenghening, but mobility.

If you are looking for actual strenthening, you can try theraputty, knead

balls. Here is a link to abilitations catalog.

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Subject: [ ] musical instruments to improve fine motor

Date: Tuesday, January 13, 2009, 9:15 AM