Reading skills- Reading and understanding informational text is a critical skill in children’s literacy development. Furthermore, many children follow instructional videos that guide them through complicated shapes to make their bracelets such as hexagons and rhombus as well as more basic shapes such as diamonds and rectangles. Mistakes are apparent in the completed bracelet, showing children the importance of paying attention. Bracelets with increasingly complex patterns require children to sort, select and plan ahead to complete accurately. Children must decide on loom patterns, and then select bands accordingly. Math skills- The most obvious math skill supported by using an elastic band loom is that of patterning. Michigan State University Extension includes these critical fine-motor skills among those needed for school success. The looms require the use of both hands, which builds bi-lateral hand-eye coordination. The way the hook is held is known as a pincer grasp. Even sorting the bands by color and attaching them to the correct pegs supports use of small muscle groups in the hands and fingers. Holding the hook correctly requires a tripod grip, the important three finger grip used to hold a pencil correctly. Loom bracelets are trendy accessories and require children to craft their own! Here are six great skills children work on as they create their newest bracelets.įine motor skills- Placing all those tiny bands correctly and manipulating them with the hook is a great way to build children’s fine motor skills. Just one."ĭon't say: "I'd rather have a PlayStation.There are many great reasons to encourage your children’s love of the elastic-band looms available in craft stores. So, yes, he's probably doing very nicely, thank you.ĭo say: "Come on, brain – one great idea, that's all I need from you. So he's made his money back? He's sold 4m starter sets (at around £20 a pop) since last year, and that was mostly before David Beckham, Harry Styles, Miley Cyrus, and the Duchesses of Cornwall and Cambridge were spotted wearing loom bands. He invested $10,000 in setting up his own business, got one toy shop to stock the loom and bands, which sold out in the first few hours, and the rest is very, very recent history. … and then thought "Hang on a minute – I may have something here!"? Pretty much. Cheong Choon Ng, a former seatbelt technology developer from Michigan, saw his daughters playing with elastic bands one day, couldn't join in because his fingers were too big, so threw together a little wood-and-pins loom … This sounds too quaint and innocent to be true. Who's behind it? Big Rubber? Or are we secretly training the next generation in necessary post-apocalyptic survival skills? Nope. Learn these and you too can transform a £1.99 pack of 1,800 bands into something amazing. There's the fish tail, railroads, dragon scales, the inverted hexafish, Loosey Gooseys. How so? They involve a loom and a crochet hook, for a start, and some fiercely complex patterns, passed from weaver to weaver at playtime or via YouTube. But these are mightier and more creative than anything that has come before them. And very, very, very like friendship bracelets that… I see where you're going, yes. Oh, a playground fad! Like Pogs and Tazos and Panini stickers ! And very, very like Scoubidous, which you wove and knotted into wristbands or corn dollies and gave to your friends. If you were, you'd know that loom bands are small, brightly coloured elastic bands that you weave together on a loom into bracelets used for bartering or to be given as gifts to your friends. Ubiquitous? Why do I have no idea what you're talking about, then? Perhaps you are not the parent, guardian or minder of any children, particularly girls, aged six-to-14ish.
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