All About Handwriting
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Hi smartmummy,
My DS is also P3 and doesn’t have neat handwriting. Like your son, he mentioned that he needs to copy/write fast so that he can finish his work on time. Every PTA, teacher will tell me that he have untidy handwriting and disorganised.
I think partly it is because of his poor motor skills. I can only encourage him and at times, I erase and make him rewrite. -
My child also says teacher says must write quickly so he scribbles and I keep telling him at PSLE, the marker would not have the patience to read his scribbles but he says no choice, teacher says must write fast. I also don’t know how to help him.
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Am now teaching DD to write her English and Chinese names. Her handwriting not that nice, and she gets upset when I asked her to write a few more times. How to inculcate interest in the child in learning how to write her own names, for a start? Can any parent share your experiences?
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Hi parents,
My 2 children are left handed and I never noticed any problems with the way they hold their pencils until they started primary school and their teachers feedback to me. Since then (5 years on…), my oldest is still gripping the pen in a fist-like way and my daughter is holding her pencil so tightly that her knuckles are sometimes white from the strain. As a result, she hates to write. I tried buying her some of those grips you can attach on the pens but did not succeed. Unfortunately, my boy is already 12 this year. It doesn’t bother him but I want him to hold his pen the right way. Do you think it is too late for him to make the change?
Has any parent here ever faced the same situation? Would appreciate some sharing. Thanks! -
my son has bad handwriting too…the only way to alleviate the problem seems to be getting him to leave a line and look slightly neater. i realised my girl’s handwriting kinda changes through the influences of her friends. she started writing like her friends when she started sec sch and improved thankfully
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My gal in P2 but still writes horribly. During the Dec holidays, I will probably make her do lots of writing.
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Well, first, you must be firm. Get him/her to copy a passage. If the handwriting is not up to your standard, tear it in front of him/her. You cannot have a soft spot. Ask him to copy it again. Again, see if it is up to your standard. If not, do it again. Next time, if you see any handwriting not up to your standard again, you know what to do.
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Well, first, you must be firm. Get him/her to copy a passage. If the handwriting is not up to your standard, tear it in front of him/her. You cannot have a soft spot. Ask him to copy it again. Again, see if it is up to your standard. If not, do it again. Next time, if you see any handwriting not up to your standard again, you know what to do.
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Perhaps I am having a different idea on handwriting… We rather focus on the thought process than the handwriting… Unless we want to go serious to learn calligraphy, or we don’t mind so much!
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chantuan_lim:
Perhaps I am having a different idea on handwriting.. We rather focus on the thought process than the handwriting.. Unless we want to go serious to learn calligraphy, or we don't mind so much!
ah...chantuan_lim,
i had this very same thinking when my 9yr old was in preschool. i did most of his 'fill in the blanks' exercises (he just need to shout out the answer) as we tried to cover as many 'thought processes' exercises. i didn't concentrate on correcting his handwriting or provide additional writing; colouring was a waste of time to us as we did not see any use in it; his preschool did not provide weekly writing activities too. in short, i didn't know that writing/colouring is one of the ways to build up motorskills/finger strength (whatever you call them). i didn't know that motorskills development will have such long term effects. we did not introduce other finger-based manipulatives too like playdoh. we did not know a lot of stuff back then, and focused mainly on 'thought process'. it is a pain to see his handwriting now and his carelessness stems mainly from his handwriting (spelling error, numeric number written illegibly etc). it is impossible to turn back the clock now, so i am not repeating the same mistake with my younger one.
it is not wrong to focus on thought process, but we have to know that the window to develop motorskills is during preschooling stage.
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