Hand writing help

kettlefish

My mum used to write the letters in highlighter for me to go over, starting off 2x bigger than "normal" letters (ie two lines high) then when I had done A-Z that way I copied underneath so my letters were just one line high. Strange what you remember 16 years on!

ELLA

liney wrote: »

Probably because a shameful amount of parents don't take any interest in their child's education.

You could be right there, My mum was always wanting me to do better but as far as I remember never really sat down to help me

My daughter's teacher looked truly horrified when I suggested printing the sheets off for her to do.
As I said she swiftly changed the subject - I'm still going to print them and let her give it ago as I can't see the harm.

izoomzoom - Thanks so much for the list, I will give that a go too!

Savvy_Sue

DS3 still has pretty appalling handwriting, but then he holds his pen awkwardly, always has. But he has resisted attempts to get him to hold it 'better' since infant school ...

If his spelling is generally OK, then practising his fine motor skills will probably help, but if his spelling is all to pot as well as his handwriting, do raise the question of dyslexia at school.

GlasweJen

my writing was a disaster until high school when it was corrected by my english teacher who insisted that i write with a chisel edge pen or at least a fountain pen. With no effort whatsoever my writing improved overnight. It's something to do with the way these pens have to be held to shape letters apparently.

djamel

Ella, that's a good example of cursive writing training that you give for your daughter! How about progressing from the basic cursive writing? That would be more challenging for her to improve her writing and imaginative skills.

lindos90

Savvy_Sue wrote: »

If his spelling is generally OK, then practising his fine motor skills will probably help, but if his spelling is all to pot as well as his handwriting, do raise the question of dyslexia at school.

Thanks Sue, good point, yes his spelling is fine, he is in top sets for maths and english, hes got the intelligence... but he's just not showing it in his written work, he tends to do the minimum of writing that he can get away with because its a 'bind' for him.

To be honest, I dont think he has been encouraged much during juniors, he's just seemed to 'coast' through really as he is clever and contributes to class discussions etc.

Did the 'keep you pencil on the paper' activity today, noticed that he was holding his hand completely still and only moving his elbow and wrist....interesting.

We also had a discussion about him playing on his Xbox, and the fact that it only exercises his thumbs, not his fingers!! Mmmmm..interesting..

By coincidence, my mum bought him an ink pen a few weeks ago, but we had not used it, as I remember it was a 'BIG THING' at school when you were deemed good enough to 'graduate' from pencil to pen. But dont think Ill wait for them to decide, we will grasp the nettle at home!!