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Welcome to the second in my summer series of video blog posts! In this video I share important do’s and don’ts for teaching handwriting to young learners.
Watch the video to learn:
- how to get kids ready for handwriting (before worksheets!)
- which letters to begin with
- how to correct a poor pencil grasp
- how to help left-handed writers
…. and more!
Links I refer to in the video:
- Play to Learn Preschool: Why I let my preschoolers write their names in capital letters
- Ebook: Basics of Fine Motor Skills
- My favorite pencil grip
- Handwriting pages for left-handed writers
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Carol Bradford says
This was very helpful to me as a tutor, as are all of your materials- thank you so much!!!
Anna G says
Thanks so much for reading, Carol!
Colleen Stauffer says
Thank you for your presentation on hand writing. I agree with teaching the fine motor skills first, which I have done several times with students at various ages. As a tutor and a soon to be second grade teacher, your lessons and video presentations are very helpful!!
Anna G says
I’m so glad to hear that this was helpful for you, Colleen! 🙂
Jodi K Green says
I’m a new autism spectrum teacher . This was great!!
Anna G says
I’m glad this works for you, Jodi!
Kay says
Hi,
Are the pencil grips you recommend here suitable for younger hands? I have a kid with fine motor issues.
Anna G says
I would email Colleen at OT Toolbox or Heather at Growing Hands on Kids. They have more experience as occupational therapists and could give you a stronger recommendation. 🙂
Kay says
Thank you so much. You are really a blessing!!!
Anna G says
You’re welcome, Kay!
Anonymous says
I like some of the suggestions but schools now no longer teach ‘cursive’ and actually mark answers as wrong IF a student writes in cursive, so that is outdated in this presentation. Our kids are graduating without knowing how to do their own signature unless parents have taught them at home.
Anna G says
This presentation is about teaching print, not handwriting (did you even watch the video?). My own children are learning cursive at their school, so your statement is a broad over-generalization.