What is it?
This is a game where the child has to string the lace through the holes in numeric sequence to make a design for the mask. The one shown here is for a clown. There are various other designs available.
How to make it yourself
The items we carry were purchased. However, you can get a thick cardboard or plastic materials from the Art shop, cut it in a shape you desire, and use hole puncher to punch out the places where you want the child to string the lace.
What purpose does it serve?
By stringing to make the design, he is making use of his fine-motor skills and visual-motor skills to hold the lace and insert it into the holes.
He also makes use of his Sequential skills to decide on which hole to insert the lace, as there are numbers beside the holes to guide the child.
After finishing the stringing task, the child engages in pretend play, which is important for the social and emotional development of the child, to wear the mask and pretend he is the person/animal. He can also use this to express his affection.
When the child is asked to perform this task of stringing, he is trained in his Visual Figure-ground, which is the ability to attend to one activity without being distracted by other surrounding activity. This is especially so in this case as this is an activity that takes slightly longer time and visual muscle.
The child may also learn the concept of 'in' and 'out', 'up' and 'down', and 'into' while stringing. This helps in his language skills.
Summary of developmental objectives
Visual-motor, Visual sequential, Visual Figure-ground, Fine-motor, Social/emotional development, Tactile, Language, Proprioceptive.
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