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| Barbara and her 4th grade students! |
About Crayon Rocks:
Barbara Lee has taught children with special needs for 23 years. She invented Crayon Rocks after being inspired by Jan Olsen, OTR, and the Handwriting Without Tears program. She learned from her how important it was to develop early a good tripod grip. Handwriting skills depends upon this.Since a child's first writing tool is usually a crayon, that crayon should be one that encourages him or her to use thumb, first and second fingers in a tripod grip. This is what makes Crayon Rocks a wonderful tool for fine motor development.
A Little Goes a Long Way with Crayon Rocks!
*A really good crayon should take very little effort in applying great swaths of color to the paper. In fact, that crayon should be as much like paint as possible. Rich color that goes on smoothly and easily helps little fingers to grow strong as they spill their creative ideas onto paper.Barbara wanted a coloring tool that students with grip strength problems and disorders affecting fine motor control could use AND enjoy. Children with cerebral palsy, autism, developmental delays and various forms of learning disabilities have tested Crayon Rocks in the classroom.
More about Crayon Rocks:
*Crayon Rocks uses U.S.A. grown and processed Kosher soy wax and several other organic waxes such as carnauba. Their colorants are derived from minerals and the filler, which gives the crayon its body, is a natural ground up rock.
*Crayon Rocks are made on a hilltop in Hestand, Kentucky, U.S.A. using American labor.
* They are made on a machine built exclusively for us by Monkey Wrench Design, San Francisco, CA
Crayon Rocks have NO phthalates in them.
*Crayon Rocks supports many charities.
Crayon Rocks is helping me host a giveaway!
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Disclosure: I received the above item in return for an honest, sincere review. I was not expected to leave a positive review, and would never post something I didn't feel fully confident in. The above opinion is the sole opinion of Paisley and her family, and may differ from your own.
I would love to win these for my niece because she is just at the age where coloring is so exciting. I learned that the crayons are made of all natural soy wax!
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Occupational their think it's neat therapists use them in therapy sessions
ReplyDeleteI learned that the Crayon rocks are made from natural soy and the design allows small hands to grip them easily. Love that they can be layered too!
ReplyDeleteI learned that occupational therapy can help kids improve their cognitive, physical and motor skills which has the overall ability to enhance their self-esteem and sense of accomplishment.
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I learned they are made from US grown soybeans - love that!
ReplyDeleteI love how they are made from products that are grown here in the USA!
ReplyDeleteI learned that they were designed to strengthen the tripod grip muscles, preparing fingers and hands for handwriting
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I learned that they support tons of amazing charities!
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I learned that they are made in the USA from natural products.
ReplyDeleteI learned that they help with cognitive development
ReplyDeleteI love they are 100% USA made!
ReplyDeleteI learned that they're all natural - made from soybeans and colored with mineral pigments.
ReplyDeleteI learned that they're all natural (made from soybeans and colored with mineral pigments)
ReplyDeleteI learned that it's completely made in the US!
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