Device for improving a childs manual dexterity and finger coordination

摘要

A therapeutic device for improving a child's manual dexterity and finger coordination is provided and includes an enclosure having a fanciful configuration, a fanciful exterior simulating a human or living creature such as an animal, a bird and the like, and which receives in its interior the respective digits and hand of the child. The enclosure is provided with an opening through which the respective digits and hand of the child are received. A mechanism is operatively connected to the enclosure for manipulatively animating at least a portion of the enclosure for mimicking an act or condition of the human or creature simulated. The mechanism is interiorly located within the enclosure and is manipulable by the coordinative operation of at least two digits of the child's hand.