Help with handwriting

[finnmom]

Camismom

You have most probably already tried this, but since I didnt find it from the other reply´s, here goes my two sent´s.
we have these special-pencil´s, "pyramid-pencil" wich is shaped like a triangle. Kid´s get a really good hold on them and like Anneke said when you dont have to press pencil so hard, you can consentrate to writing. I know this is not the thing you are looking for, not solve to everything, but it´s worth of trye.

I dont know how it´s required in U.S, but in here kid´s have to write 2 different way´s:typed-letter´s and then the more sofisticated letter´s(I have no english-word for it) But I think a good start would be just take the easiest and ignore all the rest ;D. If she can learn how to write with one type of letter´s, that´ll be enough.

Good luck!
Marja

[camismom]

anneke, Thanks so much for the reply. It really helps to hear from someone "in her shoes". Cami too presses down hard, and would often break her crayons when trying to color as a child.

Marja, Thanks for your reply as well.

You both touched on what I figure the problem is and what I hope will help. I have ordered her some of the triangular shaped pencils you spoke of Marja. Her problem, IMO, in a nutshell is she holds the pencil with a very tight grip, pressing down to hard, and I read that these pencils help with that. I also thought about trying the weights you can put on them. Will see iff this helps some.

Take care everyone!

[StrugglingAgain]

FYI: In "Teacher's Stores".....the ones that teachers frequent to get some of their supplies, there are pencils that are a little bit larger in circumference, though not as large as those for a Kindergartner. They are barely noticable that they are larger, but I found that helped my son (8) from breaking the lead so often. The lead is larger, thus more difficult to break. Not only was breaking the lead a problem, but he had FUN breaking the lead often so he could get up and go to the pencil sharpener. His handwriting has been the absolute worst...but I find that his excitement over learning to write in cursive has piqued his interest, so he's doing it pretty good. Thankfully, we've had a teacher who didn't make his penmanship a big issue as long as she could decipher it in any way. She said he has other things to worry about other than being neat. If the time comes that a teacher ruffles my feathers over it, I'll insist on them providing him a computer to write with!