What is in-hand manipulation?

In-Hand Manipulation skills allow kids to explore and use small objects by moving them around within their hands. There are three primary in-hand manipulation skills: rotation, shift, and translation. Find out more here: theinspiredtreehouse.com/developmental-skills-in-hand-manipulation-skills/ Rotation Think of someone twirling a baton in their hand, but now picture it on a smaller scale…twirling a baton with your fingers! This is rotation. Rotation moves an object in a circular motion. A great example of complex rotation is when a child rotates his pencil using the fingers of only one hand to use the eraser. Shift While rotation creates a circular pattern, shift moves an object in a linear pattern within the hand. I always picture an inchworm when I think of shift. When kids adjust how high or low their grasp is on a pencil, they shift it in their hand – inching their fingers up or down the pencil (without assistance from the other hand). Translation Translation can be broken into two separate skills: finger to palm translation and palm to finger translation. Kids use finger to palm translation when they pick up small objects like pebbles, marbles, or cheerios one at a time, moving them with the fingers of only one hand into their palm. They use palm to finger translation when they move those small objects from their palm back to their fingertips one at a time to place them on the floor or table. ⭐️ Follow along with The Inspired Treehouse! INSTAGRAM: @insptreehouse - instagram.com/insptreehouse/ FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/inspired.treehouse/ PINTEREST: www.pinterest.com/inspiredtreehou/ ⭐️ Subscribe to The Inspired Treehouse on YouTube: youtube.com/@Theinspiredtreehouse ⭐️ Check out our shop: shop.theinspiredtreehouse.com/