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Small Parts - not for children under 3 years.

Wikki Stix for Occupational Therapy Uses

For Handwriting Skills:

Use for prewriting strokes, as well as to practice letter formation. Wikki Stix can also be used to trace prewriting shapes (especially good on laminated paper to be used repeatedly.)

Improve hand grasp and stability by wrapping 1/2 of a Wikki around the base of a pencil; also a good reminder to hold it "down low".

Create letters and numbers out of Wikki Stix and have student run his/her fingers over them for tactile input.

Use Wikki Stix to make borders when handwriting, to keep letters on the line, as well as to indicate where to start and stop on the paper. Can also be used to create boxes to keep letters in.

Kinesthetic Learning Activities:

Write a letter or number on the chalkboard and have students reproduce the same design using Wikki Stix. Blindfold a student and have him/her identify the letter or number a classmate has made with Wikki Stix.

Stabilize Materials: Wikki Stix are ideal to stabilize materials in an inexpensive, colorful way! Plus, they stick to a vertical surface.
Under books for stabilization	Under slant boards for writing or visual tasks.	At the top of writing paper to prevent slippage.

Visual Discrimination: Outline with Wikki Stix the specific area to be written or colored in. Example: students are instructed to color in the circles only.
	Use Wikki Stix to improve independence and visual discrimination with eating by outlining the area where a cup or dish should be replaced on the table.

Articulation Therapy:

Circle words that begin with target speech sounds.

Psychosocial Tools:

Wikki Stix are fun, colorful and easy to use as a medium for self-expression.

General:

Wikki Stix are a quiet and creative fidget toy for those movers and shakers! By providing a calming effect, Wikki Stix can help those children focus on the classroom activities.

Because Wikki Stix are virtually "mistake-free", they help bolster self-esteem. And, the bright colors and free expression possibilities can hold a child's attention for unusually long periods of time.

We'd like to share with you excerpts from a letter sent by the Assistant Camp Director at Camp Arc Spencer in Pennsylvania... a camp serving children and adults with special needs:

"Many of our campers have problems with gross motor skills making cutting, pasting, taping and stapling a difficult and time consuming process. This year valuable time has been saved and the campers are excited about a project that they can do virtually on their own. To our very special campers, independence is something that is not often achieved. Being able to produce a souvenir from camp they can state they made by themselves is a true accomplishment and something they are extremely proud of doing."

Enclosed with the letter was the birdfeeder pictured, decorated with Wikki Stix.