My son has struggled with his handwriting for years. He has always been very bright, has a really good imagination and even as the youngest member of the family he often helps the rest of us with our spelling! As he is going into year 5 we want his handwriting to be up to a good standard so that his new teacher can actually read his work, although a lot of his teachers have been understanding and reassure him that even the most cleverest of people often have illegible handwriting.
I have some sheets for him to practice in the holidays but I must say it hasn't been used very often and the ps3 seems to win when he has spare time so I need to pull my finger out and give him a bit of an incentive to keep him going...maybe a new computer game might help!
When I was young we lived in Kenya and they would not let us have a pen until we learned to write in the Marian Richardson style. She was an early years educator, not sure she's even in print anymore - I have many fond memories of writing out 'ducks go a dabbling' and 'the brown cow jumped over the lazy fox'. Good luck with the handwriting!
ReplyDeleteI think the old fashioned ways like just writing lines over and over can be useful but he is so lazy it's a struggle to keep him motivated.
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