1. Home
  2. Foundation Skills
  3. Handwriting Skills
  4. Handwriting Video Gallery
  5. Pencil Grip
  6. Driver man

Driver man

Play Video

Activity

  • Drawing around a figure eight ‘racetrack’ using a ‘driver man’

Which skills are developed?

What you’ll need

  • Texta
  • A figure eight ‘racetrack’ drawn on a piece of paper
  • Plastic sleeve (if you want to keep using the same race track page)
  • Pompoms

Details

  • If your little one’s 4th and 5th fingers keep coming up onto the pencil, pop a pompom under them to ‘distract’ them
  • Keep an eye on your little one’s pencil pressure (i.e. are they pushing down really hard or too lightly?)

Combined Videos

Combining several foundation skills, our PlayBiz Play-a-Long videos run for 10 minutes or so. We’ve carefully ordered the activities so they enable your youngster to have an optimal learning experience and develop the skills they’ll need for school by joining in the ‘teachable moments’. Picture a fun and educational TV program like PlaySchool crossed with an occupational therapy session that’s chock full of strategies. Ready, steady, learn! Please note: The Play-a-Long videos don’t need to be viewed in any particular order.