{"id":1161,"date":"2020-10-06T21:47:08","date_gmt":"2020-10-07T01:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/lillyl\/?p=1161"},"modified":"2020-10-06T21:47:13","modified_gmt":"2020-10-07T01:47:13","slug":"tools-tuesday-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/lillyl\/2020\/10\/06\/tools-tuesday-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Tools Tuesday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" src=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/lillyl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1656\/2020\/10\/image.jpeg\" alt=\"Fun Ideas for Tong Play and Favorite Fine Motor Skill Tools\" class=\"wp-image-1167\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>One of my favorite tools to use during OT sessions are tongs.  There are many sizes that can be used and for a variety of activities.  Using tongs are great to help students develop strength and coordination needed in the small muscles of their hands.  This in turn will help with cutting, grasp and writing.  Here are some activities your child can do using tongs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Painting with Cotton Balls<\/li><li>Fill a Container with Pompoms<\/li><li>Stack Blocks<\/li><li>Sorting Small Objects Using Tongs<\/li><li>Pretend Cooking or Helping in the Kitchen<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"427\" height=\"298\" src=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/lillyl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1656\/2020\/10\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/lillyl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1656\/2020\/10\/image.png 427w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/lillyl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1656\/2020\/10\/image-300x209.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/lillyl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1656\/2020\/10\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1163\" width=\"428\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/lillyl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1656\/2020\/10\/image-1.png 785w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/lillyl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1656\/2020\/10\/image-1-300x198.png 300w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/lillyl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1656\/2020\/10\/image-1-768x506.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 428px) 100vw, 428px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/lillyl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1656\/2020\/10\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1164\" width=\"426\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/lillyl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1656\/2020\/10\/image-2.png 382w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/lillyl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1656\/2020\/10\/image-2-300x250.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 426px) 100vw, 426px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/lillyl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1656\/2020\/10\/image-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1165\" width=\"422\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/lillyl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1656\/2020\/10\/image-3.png 328w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/lillyl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1656\/2020\/10\/image-3-264x300.png 264w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 422px) 100vw, 422px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/lillyl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1656\/2020\/10\/image-4-841x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1166\" width=\"423\" height=\"515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/lillyl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1656\/2020\/10\/image-4-841x1024.png 841w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/lillyl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1656\/2020\/10\/image-4-246x300.png 246w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/lillyl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1656\/2020\/10\/image-4-768x936.png 768w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/lillyl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1656\/2020\/10\/image-4.png 985w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 423px) 100vw, 423px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of my favorite tools to use during OT sessions are tongs. There are many sizes that can be used and for a variety of activities. Using tongs are great to help students develop strength and coordination needed in the small muscles of their hands. This in turn will help with cutting, grasp and writing&#8230;.<a href=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/lillyl\/2020\/10\/06\/tools-tuesday-10\/\">&raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1565,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/lillyl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/lillyl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/lillyl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/lillyl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1565"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/lillyl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1161"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/lillyl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1168,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/lillyl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1161\/revisions\/1168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/lillyl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/lillyl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/lillyl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}