Handwriting: five tips

And it’s very easy to see why teachers are in an impossible situation and we are not making progress.

No one can agree.#dyslexia

My position: teach #handwriting early and make it fun.

I like #directeddrawingand this will foster #handwriting skills.https://t.co/6OZ1uR1YZJ

— 📚💭✍️ (@thinkpix_suze) August 21, 2019

Following a discussion about #handwriting yesterday:

Handwriting difficulties are not immutable:
1) Act early, ensuring automaticity around letter shape.
2) Integrate handwriting with #spelling and vocabulary work.
3) Work bottom up – a letter or join at a time.

— 📚💭✍️ (@thinkpix_suze) September 8, 2018

Moreover, look to integrate #handwriting practice with #spelling and #vocabulary instruction. I guess you’d call it #interleaving if you wanted to be #scientific https://t.co/e6PGPHcgtz

— 📚💭✍️ (@thinkpix_suze) May 21, 2018

‘Thanks to spelling conventions, written English points straight at meaning’ (Dehane, 2009)
Which is why vocab and spelling shd be taught together (handwriting too) #interleaving

— 📚💭✍️ (@thinkpix_suze) June 19, 2018

Some students will achieve #automaticity through gross rather than fine motor movements. It’s only by achieving this that they can concentrate on spelling and cohesion. This is why handwriting must be practiced. pic.twitter.com/rHZ9ouZdVh

— 📚💭✍️ (@thinkpix_suze) May 31, 2018

Some writing pens from a course I did with #loisaddy 🌈 #handwriting #dyslexicscan use h/writing paper if you can 🌟 pic.twitter.com/6jTWxwGZzV

— 📚💭✍️ (@thinkpix_suze) May 31, 2018