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In terms of playing:

- Modeling Clay which could be reused

- Going to area playground in non-busy time and encouraging climbing and related activities on structures

- Finding a simple routine with hand weights that could be "child sized" with  focus on upper body

- For visual eye/hand coordination starting with large and then going to smaller puzzles - and there are actually academic related ones as our twin granddaughter's have them - of world continents, of US states etc.

- When our daughter was in early teens, we started piano and that really helped with differentiation of fingers, visual motor skills and building general hand strength.  Plus it was a nice activity for her.  We were able to find the right teachers who understood our goals.
***This would also help him with keyboarding skills which he may need to use if he finds his hands tire more with pen and paper.

- Rescanned the posts, and I can definitely say that a key life skill is the "pincer grip" to be able to button one's shirts.  I never pushed it and now must address it. To help with that picking up and putting coins in a bank slot.  Or starting out with large buttons as on a coat and working backwards in size.

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