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Journal - Handwriting
Multisensory Monday: B and D Letter Reversals
Many students, especially those with dyslexia, struggle with reversing letters. While problems with letter reversals will never completely end for a truly dyslexic student, there are strategies that may lessen the frequency of reversals. One technique that has been beneficial for students is visualizing lowercase b and d on the back of the hand. Right-handed Students For [...]
Let’s Write! Improving Students’ Pencil Grasp
Research says… Close that laptop, put away the iPad and let’s write! If we want kids to learn to read, we should teach handwriting beginning in preschool. Brain scanning has demonstrated that handwriting in manuscript helps preschoolers learn their letters (James & Englehardt, 2012). Learning handwriting in preschool is better than learning letters on the computer because [...]
Dysgraphia: Is There Something More to “Messy Handwriting”?
What Does Messy Handwriting Mean? As teachers, parents, and educators, we’ve all encountered a child with sloppy handwriting. Sometimes we are quick to judge the child as being lazy, messy, or simply rushing through an assignment. While that may be the case in some situations, a child with consistently messy writing may have a condition called [...]
Handwriting is Fundamental to the Common Core's Objective
Hi everyone, How amazing- we got over 100 shares on the last post about handwriting! I was so relieved to find research supporting the importance of writing by hand because, as an educator, I personally think handwriting matters. These are just some of my thoughts as I hear more and more that handwriting is being phased [...]
Handwriting is Fundamental to the Common Core’s Objective
Hi everyone, How amazing- we got over 100 shares on the last post about handwriting! I was so relieved to find research supporting the importance of writing by hand because, as an educator, I personally think handwriting matters. These are just some of my thoughts as I hear more and more that handwriting is being phased [...]
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