Aug 1, 2024 | Handwriting, childhood development, Literacy & Learning, Parenting
We all know how significant it is developmentally to sing, talk and read to your children from birth. It encourages their neural development preparing their developing brains, which are really like little sponges, to hear and distinguish sounds which supports their...
Feb 6, 2024 | Handwriting
Recognising individual letters of the alphabet is obviously an unquestionable skill for reading. But the BIG question is: ‘Does handwriting help acquisition of letters better than tracing or typing them? The answer is an indisputable YES it does!! The research...
May 8, 2023 | Handwriting, Reading, Typing
Does handwriting, typing or tracing letters form a better memory for learning them? Let’s see what this research article has to say on the effects of handwriting on functional brain development in pre-literate children…… “In an age of...
Apr 27, 2023 | Handwriting, Pencil Grasps/Grips
It takes a lot of hard work and effort for a child to modify their pencil grasp, or the way they hold the pencil to write. For many years, it has been considered prudent to ‘force’ a child to correct their pencil grasp, especially if it is/was NOT the...
Mar 22, 2022 | Handwriting, Learning Difficulties, Reading
Interested?? Please read on…. As a Paediatric Occupational Therapist working with children with handwriting and learning difficulties, over the past 16-17 years, I have evidenced first-hand how improvements in handwriting can flow over to other literacy...
