Writing

[Jake]

that is great if you where near me .I would have kissed you .really good one. igive a karma for this .you are very helpfull.XXX

[Sapna1322]

G8 website!!Thanks

[linzy]

Thanks TABS! Great suggestion.  I think I may try this one.

[linzy]

I just wanted to let you guys know in my search for an excellent site to teach my son to write I found this great site:
http://www.writingwizard.longcountdown.com/handwriting_practice_worksheet_maker.html
It's really cool way to make writing worksheets.  It does Print (Zaner-Bloser style/D'Nealian style) and Cursive (Zaner-Bloser style/D'Nealian style). It is great because you can make the worksheets with things like your child's name or other words that are important to your child.

[TABS]

Hi linzy,

Yes we came across this too - I think someone posted the link somewhere.  Anyway, I did like it but thought it would be good for later on.  I found that the more words you add the smaller the print gets and I couldn't work with it.  So will stick to making my own in Word by making the letters bigger and change the effects to outline.

If you find anything else would love to hear about it!

TABS

[joan]

I posted the original link, but having tried the fonts from dafont.com, I find creating my own worksheet with the fonts to be much easier to control. TABS, thanks for posting this and explaining in detail. Karma to you! The D'Nealian style from the Writing Wizard site is pretty much the same as the SchoolScript, with the awful Q and G, but the letters are not joined and you don't get the lines.

BTW, how do you start with "Hand Garden" font, then use the "Hand Garden Mutlu" to join the letters? I tried but was unsuccessful. My preference is still SchoolScript, I just change the Q and G to "Hand Garden". I don't like the M in Hand Garden, the arrows show M in 3 strokes, which feels quite unnatural for me.

Joan

[Jake]

To encourge a toddler to write is it good to buy him a blackboard because of the chalk ?     

[linzy]

re you concerned because of the chalk dust? I think that that is mainly a problem when you are erasing or if there is a lot of chalk on the board.  If you are thinking about implementing the use of a chalkboard there is an interesting developmental program. It is designed to teach writing starting at the young pre-k age group. It is called "Handwriting without tears" (http://www.hwtears.com/about/historymission). They have lots of tactile activities and teach in a developmentally appropriate fashion for teaching writing including a chalkboard activity.  Here is the pre-k link http://shopping.hwtears.com/category/prek. Let me know what you think.

[TABS]

Hi there linzy,

Sorry I've not got back to you, our link has not been working so well!!!

Thanks for those links, I did really like the little writing black board idea.  And the mat man was quite novel!!!   I thought the cursive quite interesting as it isn't slanted at all...  Another link that you may be interested in that has worksheet with upright cursive can be found here: -

http://www.ehow.com/how_4461039_teach-cursive-writing.html
http://www.kidzone.ws/cursive/index.htm

another link that I thought was quite interesting :-  http://www.writeonhandwriting.com/

Have your read this link?  The book mention seems to discourage early handwriting as it curbs creativity...  always so much to learn!  http://forum.brillkids.com/teaching-your-child-other-topics/crafts-for-learning/15/#msg12633

Have you heard of pencil grips?

As to your question joan - I think I'll have to take a photo of the worksheet I did with his name and you can see what I did. 

TABS

[Plarka]

This is really interesting.  At what age can you start doing handwriting with your child? My daughter is almost 18 months, can I start with her and where do we start?  She likes to color with crayons and markers but I never thought we could go past that yet!

[linzy]

Thanks TABS, I'll check out those sites.  I have heard of pencil grips but I guess I always thought they were for comfort.  Do they actually help you maintain correct pencil holding position?

[nhockaday]

the ones that are ergonomic and kinda shaped like a triangle do b/c your fingers have to stay in that position or it is terribly uncomfortable and near impossible to write.

I found this: Many children develop claw-like and/or tight, cramped gripping habits during early experimentation. In the beginning, lagging pencil-holding skills don't seem to cause much trouble. But, poor pencil gripping skill can actually prevent the training and use of the best group of muscles by blocking gross-motor involvement and fluent movement. The development of relaxed fluency is desirable for many more reasons than most people realize. The movement training of directed handwriting lessons, allows the brain to record dynamic information which affects fluency of reading and composition later on. It is a shame to see a bright child miss the benefit of good movement training because he or she resists the learning of good pencil-holding skills.

Pencil grippers can be helpful reminders but they seldom teach on their own. A new grip position will always feel strange. It usually opens the process for participation by different muscle groups. Children may resist using the gripper because of the new grip it stimulates. You will have to explain the goals for good position and motivate children to use the aid correctly - until they get used to the way it feels and develop some control with the new position and muscle groups.

And here is an occupational therapy supply site that explains different pencil grips http://www.otideas.com/Items/PencilGrips.htm

[linzy]

Thanks, as I mentioned before I am one of those people with a very crazy pencil grip and infact have only ever had a foggy idea of what the appropriate grip would be.  I have very neat handwriting but it is exhausting to write.  So for teaching my son who has an interest in writing I have been looking at pictures, but any other ideas are helpful.  For me once I developed this incorrect grip I have never been able to change it and I don't want to set my son on the same track.

[KL]

Thanks, Nikki! I think I might get some of those!! Felicity's grip is ok except that her third finger often wanders to the front. I think this would be very helpful.

[Jake]

As i told you . he was given a \blackboard for his Christmas present.I asked about the chalk it is not all that fus .The chalk has a good grip he is scribling and likes to dust  it off .

document.getElementById('recent_loading').style.display = 'none';document.getElementById('recent_page_box').style.display = '';

Page: 1/4  

Loading...

Members

• Total Members: 214832
• Latest: Szymidlo

Stats

• Total Posts: 110526
• Total Topics: 19136
• Online Today: 226
• Online Ever: 1341
• (October 21, 2025, 05:16:15 PM)

Users Online

• Users: 0
• Guests: 113
• Total: 113