If you have a preschooler, you’ve probably noticed that they hold their pencils, crayons, and markers differently from you. Young children often hold onto writing utensils with their entire hand. This can leave you wondering when and if you should correct their pencil...
Does your child’s handwriting look like chicken scratch? Or do they struggle with issues like letter reversal and sizing when they write? While you might think your child is just being sloppy, there could be something else going that’s causing their handwriting...
When students are entering the classroom in the morning, teachers have the opportunity to focus on goals like, a) making that transition calm and peaceful, with intentional activities planned and, b) infusing a quick yet valuable learning opportunity...
It seems that we are producing a generation of printers - children who have not learned how to write in cursive. I've heard many opinions on this topic, ranging from, “How will they ever get by?” to “Does it really matter?” First, let's take a look at...
When you become a parent you sometimes realize that things that didn't bother you as a child, suddenly do. For me, one of those things is the fact that cursive writing has essentially been kicked to the curb in schools across the country. When I was...