Cathy Wu:

here are some tips to hold your pencil right. http://paperpenalia.com/handwriting.html

larkspur:

Ivy Ang Siow Kia:

Try this to train finger skills/strength: Get them to kneed doughs. You can play hiding and finding games with them using the dough. Hide something small like a coin: first ask him/her to kneed the dough, it can be play dough/ plaster cine/ or even blue tack, roll it into a tube, hide the items and ask him/her to find them digging into the doughs. This will help them to develope their motor skills while strengthening up their muscles. With this, they can control and hold the pencil properly.

i try buying dough and let him play. even make animal shape to attract him but he only play a while. He doesn't like playing with dough. Dunno why but now i get him to do writing, seems like there is improvement already. Have told him to do the 4 kumon book tracing and if teachers at childcare says good, will buy him a toy. seems to work. but i think will bring him to KKH to check just in case. At least next time, anything , i can rule that out

Ivy Ang Siow Kia:

Try this to train finger skills/strength: Get them to kneed doughs. You can play hiding and finding games with them using the dough. Hide something small like a coin: first ask him/her to kneed the dough, it can be play dough/ plaster cine/ or even blue tack, roll it into a tube, hide the items and ask him/her to find them digging into the doughs. This will help them to develope their motor skills while strengthening up their muscles. With this, they can control and hold the pencil properly.

larkspur:

markjosephine1971:

[quote=\"larkspur\"]hi,

my son going 5 years old has no problem in holding pencil and can trace the dotted line BUT if you ask him to write the alphabet on a paper with no dotted line, he cant even know where to start even though he might have traced the same alphbet for days. even when we show him how to write or draw an inverted \"u\", he can only write l . It seems like mentally he is scared of writing. My hubby and i are worried that mentally he is rejecting writing. Is there anyone who can help or recommend a doctor or some therapy that i need to send him too? My son practically do not know how to write at all any alphabet and it is quite worrying though he can read very well

Not to worry so much. Just make sure that he is very familiar with all the 26 letters, Upper and lower case. For my son is 4 year and 2 months, I don teach him to write. He will be able to trace without problem. When he is very familiar with the letter he will write according to what he remember. I only need to teach him the correct strock.

markjosephine1971:

larkspur:

hi,


my son going 5 years old has no problem in holding pencil and can trace the dotted line BUT if you ask him to write the alphabet on a paper with no dotted line, he cant even know where to start even though he might have traced the same alphbet for days. even when we show him how to write or draw an inverted \"u\", he can only write l . It seems like mentally he is scared of writing. My hubby and i are worried that mentally he is rejecting writing. Is there anyone who can help or recommend a doctor or some therapy that i need to send him too? My son practically do not know how to write at all any alphabet and it is quite worrying though he can read very well

Not to worry so much. Just make sure that he is very familiar with all the 26 letters, Upper and lower case. For my son is 4 year and 2 months, I don teach him to write. He will be able to trace without problem. When he is very familiar with the letter he will write according to what he remember. I only need to teach him the correct strock.

larkspur:

hi,


my son going 5 years old has no problem in holding pencil and can trace the dotted line BUT if you ask him to write the alphabet on a paper with no dotted line, he cant even know where to start even though he might have traced the same alphbet for days. even when we show him how to write or draw an inverted \"u\", he can only write l . It seems like mentally he is scared of writing. My hubby and i are worried that mentally he is rejecting writing. Is there anyone who can help or recommend a doctor or some therapy that i need to send him too? My son practically do not know how to write at all any alphabet and it is quite worrying though he can read very well

cherrygal:

Vevey:

[quote=\"cherrygal\"]Yup, agree. Just relax. My leftie son can write very nicely too. The trick is to turn the paper at an angle. His only challenge is counting chinese strokes coz the combination strokes are meant for righthanders.

DS1 & I r leftie too.
No problem w counting chinese stroke, as still hv to write from left to right mah. :scratchhead:

cherrygal:

Vevey:

[quote=\"cherrygal\"]Yup, agree. Just relax. My leftie son can write very nicely too. The trick is to turn the paper at an angle. His only challenge is counting chinese strokes coz the combination strokes are meant for righthanders.

DS1 & I r leftie too.
No problem w counting chinese stroke, as still hv to write from left to right mah. :scratchhead:

Vevey:

cherrygal:

Yup, agree. Just relax. My leftie son can write very nicely too. The trick is to turn the paper at an angle. His only challenge is counting chinese strokes coz the combination strokes are meant for righthanders.

DS1 & I r leftie too.
No problem w counting chinese stroke, as still hv to write from left to right mah. :scratchhead:

cherrygal:

Yup, agree. Just relax. My leftie son can write very nicely too. The trick is to turn the paper at an angle. His only challenge is counting chinese strokes coz the combination strokes are meant for righthanders.

Blur Blur Mummy:

Hi MoonFlower,


Thanks for your reply.

Already got one fat, thick pencil for him from Popular, but seems not working very well. Haiz.....

Also, teacher informed that he has short attention in class, very busy walking here n there. The teacher gotta be harsh to get him to sit down n listen. But I can see/tell that he did absorb her teaching cos when he came home he can sing/tell me wat he have learnt today. Dunno whether this is consider good or bad?? :roll:

Hopefully things dun get worsen!!

e3nity:

Blur Blur Mummy:

Hi MoonFlower,


Thanks for your reply.

Already got one fat, thick pencil for him from Popular, but seems not working very well. Haiz.....

Also, teacher informed that he has short attention in class, very busy walking here n there. The teacher gotta be harsh to get him to sit down n listen. But I can see/tell that he did absorb her teaching cos when he came home he can sing/tell me wat he have learnt today. Dunno whether this is consider good or bad?? :roll:

Hopefully things dun get worsen!!

I think its pretty common that SONS especially to have short attention span and walks around.. So don't worry..

Don't force your DS to write too much as we won't wana see the rejection effect on him. Take your time! Each child development is different.. Give him more time to master pencil holding..

Blur Blur Mummy:

Hi MoonFlower,


Thanks for your reply.

Already got one fat, thick pencil for him from Popular, but seems not working very well. Haiz.....

Also, teacher informed that he has short attention in class, very busy walking here n there. The teacher gotta be harsh to get him to sit down n listen. But I can see/tell that he did absorb her teaching cos when he came home he can sing/tell me wat he have learnt today. Dunno whether this is consider good or bad?? :roll:

Hopefully things dun get worsen!!