Today for Writing Wednesday I want to focus on good posture for writing tasks. Poor posture when writing means that your child’s body has to work extra hard to maintain stability. This causes excess muscle strain and effort, and can make handwriting uncomfortable and more difficult. It is important to remember the basics listed below when completing writing activities.
- Sitting with feet flat on the floor, not dangling. If their feet can’t comfortably reach the floor, put a box just in front of the chair for them to rest their feet on.
- Sitting with their ankles, knees and hips all at 90 degrees.
- Sit up tall with back straight.
- Forearms resting on the desk with elbows level with the desktop.
- Paper stabilized with non-dominant hand.
- Neck and shoulders relaxed.
- Body faces desk squarely.
- Paper tilted up to the right if right handed or up to the left if left handed.
This position gives your child optimum core strength and stability, and makes handwriting more comfortable.
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