piggy bank

dropping coins inside the piggy bank is a very good activity for developing visual attention ,improving the eye hand coordination, developing tripod and the pincer grasp, developing the nuance of adjusting hand movements according to the direction of the hole.

First demonstrate to the child how to hold a button or a coin ( should be big enough for the child to have enough space to hold using his fingers)

now help th child hold the button / coin .

give him a vessel which has a reasonably big mouth and ask him to drop the coin inside the vessel, once the child is able to drop inside the vessel, slowly reduce the size of the mouth .

now introduce a piggy bank ( can be made at home using cardboard with suitable size of mouth ) and ask the child to drop the coin. The child may take a lot of time to drop it inside the piggy , since the size of the hole is small and only when he look at it will the child be able to drop the coin inside it .

If the child has problem maneuvering, the palm according to the direction of the hole , prompt him , but gradually fad the prompt.

Once the child has mastered this , slowly start giving instructions like the color of button or the denomination of the coin , size of the coin etc that he has to put inside the piggy . This of course will be useful in generalization of certain learnt concepts .