hand2mind Grab That Monster Fine Motor Activity Set, Occupational Therapy Toys, Pincer Grasp Fine Motor Skills Toys for Toddlers 3-4, Play Therapy Games for Kids, Preschool Learning Activities
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Get ready for some ferocious fine motor fun with the Grab That Monster Fine Motor Activity Set! As children open and close the colorful Monster Grabbers to grab and release the cute Mini Monsters, they strengthen the finger muscles they need to begin writing, tying shoes, zipping zippers, and more. Build prewriting skills as you grab, sort, and play! The Large Monster Grabbers are specially designed to open and close using only one hand, providing grasping and extension practice that creates muscle memory and builds dexterity. Using the hard-to-open and hard-to-close Monster Grabbers provide different challenges to strengthen little fingers and build fine motor skills. The Red Monster Grabber is the Extension Grabber and the Orange Monster Grabber is the Grasping Grabber. This activity set helps develop the dexterity needed for handwriting by practicing the tripod grip used to hold a pencil. Excellent for young students and toddlers who are learning early writing skills as preschoolers. Sort the Mini Monsters into the Monster Houses by color, design, or attributes and add the spinner for simple structured game play. Promote color matching, sorting, dramatic play, learning positional words, and more with this irresistible activity set specifically designed for little learners. Also helps to improve hand-eye coordination! The spinner and cards provide multiple ways to play and learn. The included Teacher-Created Activity Guide includes 4 games or use the translucent spinner and cards to make up your own game! This set includes 2 Large Monster Grabbers, 48 Mini Monsters (12 each in 4 shapes/colors), 4 Monster Houses with Lids, 2 Double-sided Spinner cards, and 1 Clear Spinner. Trusted by teachers for more than 50 years, hand2mind creates engaging, classroom-tested materials that empower students to learn by doing. hand2mind specializes in products that encourage hands-on learning and discovery, driving deeper understanding and helping children unlock their full potential. From preschool to middle school, hand2mind has you covered with products designed to enhance learning in the classroom and in the world around us. We strive to find new ways to encourage students in math practice, literacy activities, STEM education, and more!
FINE MOTOR SKILLS TOYS: Get ready for some ferocious fine motor fun! As children use the Monster Grabbers to grab and release the cute Mini Monsters, they strengthen the finger muscles they need to begin writing, tying shoes, zipping zippers, and more.
COLOR SORTING GAMES: Sort the Mini Monsters into the Monster Houses by color, design, or attributes and add the spinner for simple structured game play. Promotes color matching, sorting, dramatic play, learning positional words, and more!
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY TOOLS: The Large Monster Grabbers are specially designed to open and close using only one hand, providing grasping and extension practice that creates muscle memory and builds dexterity. The Red Monster Grabber is the Extension Grabber and the Orange Monster Grabber is the Grasping Grabber.
PREWRITING PRACTICE FOR PRESCHOOL KIDS: This activity set helps develop the dexterity needed for handwriting by practicing the tripod grip used to hold a pencil. Excellent for young students and toddlers who are learning early writing skills as preschoolers.
MONSTER TOYS: The included Teacher-Created Activity Guide includes 4 games or make up your own game! This set includes 2 Large Monster Grabbers, 48 Mini Monsters (12 each in 4 shapes/colors), 4 Monster Houses with Lids, 2 Double-sided Spinner cards, and 1 Clear Spinner.
13 reviews for hand2mind Grab That Monster Fine Motor Activity Set, Occupational Therapy Toys, Pincer Grasp Fine Motor Skills Toys for Toddlers 3-4, Play Therapy Games for Kids, Preschool Learning Activities
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Kelsy –
perfect gift for a toddler!
fun option for the kids, i love that the hand grabbers are two different sizes. the quality is great & i love the color variety.
Amazon Customer –
Great game with multiple ways to play
Love this for my preschoolers of differing abilities.I can adapt this to be difficult or much more simple. The booklet included even made it easier to type up my lesson plan with great ideas.One monster was difficult to grip so I cut up a tripod grasp pencil grip I had and glued the 3 finger holds into the correct places for the students’ fingers which worked well
Sarah Wasson –
Recommend
My students live these. They are perfect for my preschools to use to build those fine motor and cognitive skills!
Michael T. –
Too Big for Small Hands
This is a great activity/game with several options for ways to play. The colors are bright and fun. The only downside is that the grabbers seem to be made for older kids’ or even adults’ hands. My almost-3-year-old can’t really use them correctly because their hand can’t fit around the back of the grabbers and into the finger holes. It seems like it’ll probably be 6 months to a year or more before my toddler can use the grabbers. We resorted to using some kitchen tongs we have for other fine motor activities so we can still play. I do like that one grabber focuses on opening and the other focuses on closing.
Jessica R. –
Soooo Fun for Kiddos
I’m a special education teacher and love using these with my kiddos with fine motor goals. Strengthen those fingers to help with their writing skills. They love using these monsters to sort the other monsters into their bins. So much good stuff you can work on: counting, sorting, colors, turn taking, sharing, same/different, more/less, language building, fine motor, OT, following directions… Highly recommend!
NK –
Not successful
The idea of the game is great and the appeal of the little characters is there but the grips are too big for 3 year olds in pre-k. And for my 4 yr old students, if they can hold the grippers in their hands, they can’t grab the little characters – the characters slip out of the mouths of the grips. So the whole game falls apart. As a therapist who was planning to use this as a fine motor strengthener – I don’t recommend this game.
Amy –
Will hold up with a lot of use
Won’t break easily, sturdy, greqt for fine motor, fun
Jenny –
OT friendly grip strength help and lots of fun. Multiple ways to play
This game is fun especially if you are in OT and need grip strength. Many ways to play. Engaging and well made.
B –
Wir haben das Learning Resources Greifspiel für unser Kind im Kindergarten-Alter bestellt, weil es Probleme mit dem Zangengriff beim Halten von Stiften hat. Bisher hat das Spiel natürlich noch keine Wunder bewirkt, aber es macht auf jeden Fall Spaß und wir haben das Gefühl, dass es durchaus ein Schritt in die richtige Richtung ist.Insgesamt hat das Spiel eine sehr gute Qualität. Die Figuren aus Hartgummi sind stabil und die Augen aufgemalt, statt nur aufgeklebt. Durch die verschiedenen Formen gibt es auch Abwechslung im “Handling”. Das eine Monster wird hingestellt, das andere hingelegt und dadurch sind sie auch unterschiedliche schwer zu greifen.Die Drehscheiben aus Pappe sind ausreichend stabil und der Zeiger mit dem Saugnapf hält fest darauf. Es wäre schön gewesen wenn zwei Drehzeiger dabei gewesen wären, damit man auch beide Scheiben gleichzeitig benutzen kann. In der Anleitung sind Regeln für drei Spiele abgedruckt, die jeweils nur eine Scheibe verwenden. Das ist toll, aber es wäre schön wenn es ein bisschen Freiraum für eigene Spielideen gäbe. Zumal das freie und kreative Spielen durchaus ein zentrale Bestandteil ist, zu dem auch in der Anleitung angeregt wird. Die Anleitung in deutsch, englisch und französisch gibt dabei auch Anstöße in Richtung Wortverständnis und Schauspiel.Die beiden Greifer unterscheiden sich dadurch, dass man den einen zudrücken und den anderen aufziehen muss. Das ist gar nicht so einfach und ein bisschen Frust kann durchaus entstehen. Wenn es aber dann klappt das Monster so abzulegen, wie es geplant war, ist die Freude umso größer. Herausforderung gehört ja auch dazu beim Lernen.Wenn es dann ans Aufräumen geht, sind die vier zu den Monster passenden Häuser auf jeden Fall ein Vorteil. Das farbenreine Sortieren in die jeweiligen Behälter kann man problemlos zum eigenen Spiel machen.Fazit: Es ist ein wirklich schönes Spiel, das nach unserem Gefühl das gesteckte Zeil (Feinmotorik-Training) erfüllen kann. Den Preis finde ich persönlich allerdings recht hoch für das Gebotene. Da das meine subjektive Einschätzung ist und man den Preis schon vor dem Kauf kennt, fließt das nicht in meine Sternewertung ein. Das Spiel selbst verdient fünf Sterne ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Lavinia –
Grandchildren loved playing with the little monsters
°~° Peter °~° –
Das Learning Resources Feinmotorik-Aktivitätsset “Schnapp dir das Monster” ist ein großartiges Lernspielzeug für Kleinkinder und Vorschulkinder. Es fördert die Feinmotorik und bietet unterhaltsame Lernaktivitäten.Das Set besteht aus verschiedenen bunten Monstern und kleinen Gegenständen, die die Kinder mit Hilfe von Zangen oder Pinzetten greifen und in die Monstermäuler stecken können. Diese Aktivität erfordert präzise Handbewegungen und stärkt die Fingerfertigkeit der Kinder.Das Spielzeug ist gut verarbeitet und die Monster sind ansprechend gestaltet. Die verschiedenen Farben und Formen regen die Fantasie der Kinder an und machen das Spiel noch spannender.Das Feinmotorik-Aktivitätsset “Schnapp dir das Monster” eignet sich auch ideal für die Beschäftigungstherapie und unterstützt die Entwicklung von wichtigen motorischen Fähigkeiten.Insgesamt ist das Learning Resources Feinmotorik-Aktivitätsset “Schnapp dir das Monster” ein empfehlenswertes Spielzeug für Kleinkinder und Vorschulkinder. Es bietet sowohl Spaß als auch lehrreiche Aktivitäten, die die Feinmotorik fördern.
KelsBells –
My child struggles with fine motor skills, so I got this as a fun way to improve them. This comes with four tubs of little monster parts with lids and two Monster grippers.Great for younger ones, are children with special educational needs as there’s not an open-ended play with this toy. There’s four different games to play in the instructions and comes with cards in a sucker spinner.My preschool loves this, and hopefully will improve fine motor skills and dexterity. Would recommend
Richard –
This is a simple set and it is a lot of fun as well as providing a learning experience for little ones in dexterity, colour recognition and simple number recognition. In the box you get the two grab monsters which have different sized finger holes on the back, the orange one has bigger finger holes than the red one. Four plastic houses full of monster shapes, a suction plastic spinner and four sides (2 cards with a board on the front and back) to attach it to for each game. I do think this is a bit of a cheaper way to do it and would have preferred four cards each with a spinner on as the spinner could easily get lost or broken and if so you can’t play any of the specified games.The instructions give you four different games to play, you don’t need to use the grabby monsters to play the below but it is fun to and they do help with hand/eye coordination, which includes:Monster Match (uses colour spin board) – match the monsters with the colour your spinner has landed on and drop them in the houses, a game to see which house fills up first to fill up the little housesMonster Stack (uses shape spinning card) – the player with the highest monster stack wins from spinning the shapesRace Home – (uses number spin card) where players choose a monster colour and its matching house and then the first one to fill that up wins from spinning the numbers board Remix Race (uses challenge spinner card) – which is a variation on Race Home but with challenge spaces so there’s a bit more too it.The quality is good throughout (apart from the spinner which while works feels a bit flimsy) with decent quality plastic and boards. There are some nice little details such as raised plastic windows on the little houses. As well as game pieces the little houses double up as storage for the little monsters, I quite like this as it keeps them secure.The colour of everything is bright and cheerful and all the monsters are really cute, some are however on the small side so something to be aware of for little ones.The instructions are very good with hints and tips as well as rules of the games on how to get the best out of it and the encouragement you can give to little ones, it’s all written neatly and not too long or difficult to understand, the makers have understood their target audience and busy parents and have made something simple, easy to digest and understand and a game that is fun and also robust. It has been keeping my daughter occupied and I think will while away those rainy days.