There are two ways that you can use these videos:

1. Use the video as a movement demonstration. Watch the video and see how the person in the video moves their hands to open the jam jar. Then, practice opening a jam jar and copying the actions in the video. Do it again, watch and copy as often as you need.
2. Imagine yourself doing the action whilst watching it. Imagine that you are the person in the video. As you watch the video, try to imagine the feeling of moving your hands to open a jam jar. Then practice opening a jam jar, copying the actions in the video. Do it again, watch while imagining the feeling, and copy as often as you need.

Top tips for tying opening a jar

As well as watching the videos, follow our top tips for opening a jam jar:

• Put a piece of non-slip material under the jar if you find it slips
• Use your strong hand to hold the jar lid, and your other hand to hold the jar steady
• Grip the lid with your strong hand and twist it anti-clockwise
• Try our spreading jam video to help improve your jam-spreading technique, or our bottle opening video for help opening bottles

Note: These movement demonstration videos have been designed to help children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD; dyspraxia) learn how to open jars successfully. The videos show a movement demonstration for opening a jam jar, performed by a typically developing child model and recorded from a first-person viewpoint. A qualified occupational therapist instructed the child model how to perform the movement demonstration to ensure that an appropriate technique was demonstrated. The videos are free for use by dyspraxic people, parents, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, teachers, or anybody else who would find them useful for supporting the learning of jar opening and food preparation in children with dyspraxia/DCD. Opening a jar Dyspraxia Movement Skills.

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