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How to correct a child’s handwriting: improve a bad one, from how old
Illegible handwriting is a common problem among children. Sometimes the kid himself cannot understand what he wrote. Let’s see how we can help him and thereby make life easier in the future.
Handwriting will especially have to be worked on between the ages of 6 and 10. In elementary school, grades are often lowered for ugly letters. Nowadays, they don’t give two in the first grade, but it still affects the child’s motivation, and he no longer tries to study well. In addition, such a child usually writes more slowly than others, his hand gets tired. This also negatively affects academic performance. If the situation is not corrected by high school, the teenager will not have time to write notes, and what he writes, he will not be able to decipher. Yes, and there may be a problem with dictation – try to prove to the teacher that this is actually the letter o, and not a. It is very disappointing to become a poor student just because of illegible handwriting.
Yes, children are taught beautiful writing at school, but it is difficult for a teacher to pay attention to everyone at once. Usually 5-6 people from the whole class achieve really good handwriting. Therefore, it is important that the parents additionally work with the child at home. It is believed that handwriting is formed by grade 5. At this time, the student already has such a handwriting, which will be with him throughout his life.
By the way, it’s not worth trying to achieve perfect calligraphy either. The child focuses entirely on HOW he writes, not WHAT. And it takes a lot of time to scrupulously remove each letter. As a result, it turns out that at first the kid is praised for his diligence and beauty in a notebook, and then they begin to get annoyed that he does not have time to write anything.
How to improve bad handwriting
Here are some tips to help you with this difficult task:
- Carefully practice the spelling of numbers and letters that are most difficult for your child. During work, watch how the child sits, how he holds the handle. Sometimes handwriting difficulties begin due to the wrong position while writing.
- Set aside 30 minutes daily for class, make a separate notebook for them. Don’t overload your child! Explain to him in advance how much work needs to be done.
- Pick up fun and exciting tasks. For example, ask your child to carefully trace the pattern from the outside and from the inside, draw several maximally straight lines from point A to point B, draw a simple pattern in the cells.
- Do more than just the writing exercises. Let the kid collect puzzles, make crafts from small buttons or create pictures from cereals. Such activities help develop fine motor skills.
- Get a writing simulator and practice with it occasionally.
You can also enroll the child in a circle where fine motor skills of the hands develops. It will also have a positive effect on handwriting. For girls, for example, knitting, embroidery, beading is suitable, and for boys – wood burning or sawing.
Do not scold your child for ugly handwriting, so you will only discourage him from changing something. Better help him fix this problem.