Since
most
schools
moved ^
a·way·
from
tea·ching·
pro·per·
cur·sive·
wri·ting·
in
fa·vour·
of ^
a
linked
script
style ,
there ^
has
been
less
em·pha·sis·
on
tea·ching·
hand·wri·ting·
tech·nique· .
Con·se·quent·ly· ,
ma·ny· ^
chil·dren·
hold
their ^
pens
in
an
aw·kward·
ma·nner· ,
which
in
turn
for·ces·
them
to
use
a
tech·nique·
called
"fin·ger-wri·ting· ".
Fin·ger-wri·ting·
is
slow·er·
and
more
di·ffi·cult·
to
do ^
than
tra·di·tio·nal·
hand·wri·ting· .
Vi·su·a·lly· ,
fin·ger-wri·ting·
o·ften·
lacks
style
be·cause·
the
le·tters·
slope
in
di·ffe·rent·
di·rec·tions· .
How
to
Hold
the
Pen·cil·
I·de·a·lly· ,
your
child
should ^
be
si·tting·
u·pright· ,
not
hunched
o·ver·
the
pa·per· .
The
hand
should ^
be
hol·ding·
the
pen·cil·
at
an
an·gle·
of ^
a·bout·
60
de·grees·
and
u·sing·
a
3
fin·ger·
grip ,
2-3cm
from
the
tip .
Di·scou·rage·
the
use
of ^
bi·ros·
be·cause·
young
chil·dren's·
hands
are
still
too
small
to
hold
a
bi·ro·
at
the
co·rrect·
an·gle·
-
bi·ros·
force
them
to
hold
the
pen
u·pright·
in
or·der·
to
get
the
ink
flow·ing·
pro·per·ly· .
If
your
child
is
left-han·ded·
you ^
need
to
be
e·spe·cia·lly·
vi·gi·lant·
be·cause·
left
han·ded·
chil·dren·
are
not
al·ways·
taught
the
spe·cial·
tech·niques·
nee·ded·
to
com·pen·sate·
for
the
fact
that
they ^
must
push
the
pen·cil·
ra·ther·
than
pull
it
(like
a
right-han·ded·
per·son· ).
The
first
thing
to
check
is
the
slope
of ^
the
le·tters· -
left-han·ded·
wri·ters·
should ^
slope
their ^
wri·ting·
in
the
o·ppo·site·
di·rec·tion·
to
that
of ^
right-han·ded·
peo·ple· .
The
3
fin·ger·
grip
is
still
used ,
al·though· ^
the
pen
should ^
be
held
in
a
slight·ly·
di·ffe·rent·
way .
Chan·ging·
a
Child's
Hand·wri·ting·
Long
term
ha·bits·
are
hard
to
break .
So ,
if
your
child
is
not
hol·ding·
the
pen·cil·
co·rrect·ly· ,
it
is
im·por·tant·
to
make
the
change
as
soon
as
po·ssi·ble· .
If
your
a·ttempts·
to
do ^
this
are
not
suc·cess·ful· ,
it
is
like·ly·
that
your
child
is
wri·ting·
with
i·na·ppro·pri·ate·
wrist
move·ments· ^,
or
is
si·tting·
with
poor
po·sture· .
Poor
hand
wri·ting·
can
al·so·
be
a
sign
of ^
o·ther· ^
lan·guage·
pro·blems· .
For
ex·am·ple· ,
poor
wri·ting·
is
fre·quent·ly·
used
to
co·ver· ^
up
weak·ne·sses·
in
spe·lling·
or
wri·tten·
ex·pre·ssion· .
If
this
is
the
case ,
re·me·di·al·
ac·tion·
should ^
be
ta·ken·
to
fix
these
pro·blems·
be·fore·
a·ttemp·ting·
to
change
the
hand·wri·ting·
style .
Do ^
not
let
your
a·ttempts·
to
help
your
child
write
be·tter·
de·ve·lop·
in·to· ^
a
ba·ttle· .
This
will
lead
to
a
ne·ga·tive·
a·tti·tude·
and
so
make
the
pro·blems·
har·der·
to
fix
la·ter·
on .
If
your
child
can't
make
the
chan·ges·
you ^
are
a·sking·
for ,
con·tact·
us
for
an
ex·pert·
a·sse·ssment·
so
you ^
can
be
sure ^
of ^
ex·act·ly·
what
needs
to
be
done ^.
With
a·ppro·pri·ate·
trai·ning·
and
prac·tice· ,
it
is
po·ssi·ble·
to
co·rrect·
all
these
hand·wri·ting·
pro·blems·
and
de·ve·lop·
a
fast ,
le·gi·ble·
hand·wri·ting·
style ,
in
a·bout·
6
weeks .
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