Grotto Grips 3 Pack

I bought this for my 4 year old, I prefer the use of a pencil grip over the jumbo pencils to learn handwriting. This grip is durable (a smooth rubbery material), colorful (in the random pack of three, I have colors to satisfy my son and daughter and make them excited about HANDWRITING not just doodling, I guess the pencils look more academic with these on them?), and they are easy to use. It ensures correct placement of the fingers right away. With other grips I always wondered if I put it on upside down and which fingers went where, but I don't have that problem with this grip. It is comfortable enough for the adults in the house to use, the grip relieves the stress upon any finger callus that may already be present. When I first used it, I thought "THIS is how you're supposed to hold a pencil!" Apparently I do not hold my pencil "correctly." (Less important for me, but important enough for the children.) I hope we don't lose these, but if we do, I will purchase again.

This was recommended to us by my sons OT. And it works great to help correct his grip.

This grip helps child position fingers for best grip and control of pencil. Excellent helper for sensitive kids or those with fine motor skill challenges or for help getting better control of pencil for learning to write. Would not rate this as a toy.

After trying three other useless pencil grips, this one did the trick. My six year old was not holding pencils correctly so couldn't write, then after two months of using these he is writing beautifully, and without much help or input from me. This is a really good product. Get this one and scrap all the others. I think there was one other that looks like this, was a little harder rubber and also works. So basically this is a great design, get it.

I really like the grotto grips for my 5 year old. In a pre-Kindergarten assessment, the teacher said she wanted my son to practice a correct pencil grip before starting Kindergarten in 3 months. His little fingers had a tough time holding a pencil "correctly". After trying several other brands and styles of grips which didn't help (he could use the grip and hold the pencil the wrong way) we found the grotto grip. It took just a little getting use to - his middle finger still sat just a little high up on the grip at first. After a week, his hand relaxed and he likes using the gripper. Yesterday he picked up a regular pencil and without thinking he held it with his fingers in the right position. We will continue to use the grips for the next few months but they are undoubtedly making a huge difference for my son's pencil grip and his willingness to write more. The best grips I have found.

It seems to help my son with his finger placement, but he still has difficulties using a regular pencil (or crayon) when he doesn't have the grips. That means I pretty much have to keep a grip in my handbag, just in case. They do work better than the triangle grips we were able to get at the book store.This grip also does not fit all pencils. If the pencil is slippery, like the holiday pencils kids give each other, the grip slips out of position. I tried using them on a BIC mechanical pencil, and it wasn't wide enough to fit. I found it works best on the flat side, octagonal pencils.

I bought these for my 5 year old who struggles with fine motor. His OT specialist recommended these. Weve seen great improvement. I love that it has the arrows for visual aid as well to help remind him where his fingers go on the grip! Will buy more when needed!

These were recommended by my son's occupational therapist. He is a leftie and we have struggled using other grips as many are geared towards righties. My son also has poor fine motor skills and often uses a hook grip. The grotto grip is a lifesaver and has helped him correctly position his fingers. His handwriting with the grip is now legible and I can always tell when he forgets to use it. I cannot recommend this enough!