Creative Peg Board

Creative Peg Board with 3 pattern cards

A brightly colored pegboard activity is hard to resist! The Creative Peg Board consists of brightly colored wooden pegs and sturdy card stock pattern cards. However, I was disappointed to find only 3 pattern cards, one with five holes, one with ten, and one with fifteen. Fifty bright, colorful pegs and kids don't want to stop after only three pictures. The butterfly has 6 holes in the blue wings, so if you are matching colors, you will have to mix sizes as there are only 5 of each color of each size. There is a pamphlet in the box that also has 12 small basic patterns.

I had my eye on this for a long time but thought it was too pricey, so waited for the price to drop. I would not have felt it was a good value at $35, but I admit I have used it a lot. The round, painted pegs may be a little difficult for some to hang on to as they are very smooth.

 12 of the patterns from the pamphlet.

If you would like to read more about peg board activities, check out my post What's in Your Therapy Box? Peg Board Edition.

Try this:

• Make your own design or pattern. Find a few simple images online and print out in color on card stock.
• Put a peg in the child's hand and ask him to bring it to his fingertips and rotate it for placement on the board. Start by putting it close to the fingertips, then gradually move it down toward the base of the fingers, and finally place it in the palm.
• Put 2 or 3 of the small pegs in the person's hand and ask him to bring them, one at a time, to the fingertips and rotate for placement without dropping any.
• Make a color copy of the small geometric designs in the pamphlet and enlarge them. Cut them out and laminate them so you can use one at a time. Design will have to be placed by the base as it will not have holes.
• Follow steps for above suggestions, but prop the design up in front of the individual instead of placing it beside the base.
• Ask the individual to cup his hand. If he has difficulty, shape the palm by putting a small ball or round object in the hand and forming the hand around it. Remove the ball and drop the pegs one at a time in the player's palm. How many can he hold?
• Work on manual dexterity, in-hand manipulation, grasp, visual discrimination, figure ground, visual closure, executive functioning skills, process skills, play exploration and participation, spatial relations

In the box: Wooden peg board, 25 large wooden pegs, 25 small wooden pegs, 3 pattern cards

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