Quercetti FantaColor Junior

A big peg board, can be used with small hands.

Work on visual discrimination, eye-hand coordination, figure ground, in-hand manipulation, manual dexterity, separation of two side of the hand, executive functioning skills, process skills, play and leisure exploration and participation

In the box: 8 pattern cards, 48 plastic chips, 1 chip board, plastic carrying case

Similar to Ravensburger's Junior Colorino, this activity has large smooth chips that can be manipulated by small hands. Unlike Junior Colorino, this peg board has holes instead of plastic nubs. The plastic chips are pushed into the holes. It takes a little push and pull to add or remove them, but it is fairly easy and they stay put. You can either put the chip board flat on the carrying case to work, or you can slant it, like in the picture above. Each of the pattern cards have a colored picture on the front and a black and white drawing of the same image on the back. The carrying case holds all the pattern cards and chips and snaps closed securely.

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:

• Put one chip in in the individual's hand, upside-down and at the base of the fingers. Ask him to use the thumb to push the chip to the fingertips and then orient for placement.
• Take the picture out and then add several chips in a row. Then ask the individual to make the same pattern under yours.
• Use the white side of the pattern and let the individual choose their own colors. See if they can keep their chips inside of the image.

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