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Handwriting

Develop Writing at an Early Age – There are several things we can do to encourage writing at an early age which goes beyond just “writing”. This article touches on ways to introduce writing to our children.

Fun Ways to Teach Children How to Write the Letters of the Alphabet – There are many ways to practice writing letters of the alphabet without using paper and pencil. This article lists several fun ways to help a child learn how to write the alphabet.

Visual Perceptual and Motor skills – Good handwriting requires good visual perceptual and visual motor skills, but what does that entail? The resource below describes what visual motor and visual perceptual skills are and it also gives a developmental sequence of visual motor skills.

Quick Tips to Improve Handwriting – This article gives some good quick ideas to help improve handwriting in the classroom but the ideas can also be used at home. It touches on warm-up activities, vertical surfaces and positioning that can all assist when trying to increase handwriting skills.

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