Get-A-Grip Pegboard Set

This game is a unique learning aid for children aged 3 upwards.

The set consists of: 1 plastic gripboard, 16 square cm. in size 12 gripboard designs 30 miniature safety pegs in 6 colours: red, blue, yellow, green, orange and purple. Purpose To develop and strengthen visual perception skills, visual-motor coordination and fine motor control, through learning to construct a pattern.

Suggestions for Use

It is recommended that the child starts by constructing freely with the pegs on the gripboard. When using the design cards, construction can be done in four ways:

A. Matching: The child places a card on the gripboard and constructs the pattern on the board matching the colours.

B. Copying: The child places a card alongside the gripboard and constructs the pattern on the board, putting the pegs in the correct position.

C. Visual recall construction: The child studies the pattern and constructs it on the board from memory.

D. Construction following instructions: The child listens to a description of a pattern without seeing it and constructs the pattern on the board with the pegs. The child then compares the results with the pattern described. When a pattern is being constructed, care should be taken that the board and the card are lined up squarely in front of the child and parallel with the edge of the desk.

In constructing patterns the child should be encouraged to use concepts such as "up", down", "near", "far", "horizontal", "line", "vertical", "column", "next to", "space", diagonal", "right", "left". Similarly the child should be encouraged to count the pegs and the space between them and name the colours. 

• Includes 12 laminated activity cards graded by level of difficulty, 30 plastic clothes-pin pegs in six colors, and instructional guide
• For ages three and up
• Board is a 6 1/4" square