Jumbo Pegs & Pegboard

Jumbo Pegs & Pegboards - 60 pegs, 3 boards

This Jumbo Pegs & Pegboard set includes firm, foam-type pegboards with stack-able chunky plastic pegs designed for small hands, those working to regain strength or grasp, beginners, etc. The pegs fit together snugly and are not tipsy when you stack them. They will take a little push to insert the pegs when it is new, a little less as it wears.

Pegboards are tools that many OTs use because they are so versatile. Smaller pegs/pegboards will cover more precise hand skills than these big ones. Make your own pattern cards and work on additional visual perceptual skills too.  I made these cards below and they don't come with the pegs.

UPDATE: Since writing this several years ago I saw a new set on Amazon that I want to link here. It has nine peg colors and comes with an app so that you can get pattern cards on your phone or tablet, or print them out. Here is the link - Skoolzy Peg Board.

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:

• Sort and place so there is one line of each color.
• Make a stack of several pegs and ask the individual to copy it.
• Make pattern cards with white paper and markers. Ask the individual to build your pattern by putting the pegs into the board in the same order. 
• Make pattern cards as above, but don't fill the whole board so the individual will have to count empty spaces.
• Make a full pattern card as above. Place the card by the pegboard and call out a color. Ask the individual to put that color peg on the pegboard in a (or all) placement that matches one on the card. Keep going until the pegboard is filled.
• Make a pattern card. Follow it and fill the board by rows. Then fill it by columns. If the individual cannot keep his place as he looks up and then away to place the peg, place a piece of white paper under the row they are working on to cover the rest of the pattern.
• Call out a color and let the individual place all of that color onto the pegboard. Keep going until the board is full.
• Place all the pegs onto the board. Call out a color and have the child take one off and place it in the box to put away.
• Show the individual a stack of three. Let him view it 5-10 seconds. Take it away and ask him to duplicate it. Then bring your stack back and match. How tall of a stank can he remember?
• Place a pattern card next to the board. Let the individual use a finger on the non-dominant hand to point to the colors to keep track of where he is as he places the pegs with the dominant hand. Then make a pattern without using the finger to help you keep track. Then move the pattern card a short distance from the board and prop it upright so the player must look up and down.
• Verbally list 2, 3, or 4 colors. Ask the individual to build a stack in that color order.
• Stack as many as you can before it topples. Hold the stack in your hand instead on placing it on the board.
• Place the pegboard squarely in front of the individual and then place the pegs on the non-dominant side of the board so they will have to reach over (cross midline) to pick them up. Make sure they don't lean as they cross over.
• Work on visual discrimination, spatial relations, figure ground, visual closure, visual memory, eye-hand coordination, manual dexterity, executive functioning skills, color recognition, process skills, play and leisure exploration and participation

In the box: 60 pegs, 3 boards and storage bag

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