There are many adults who have a handwriting that is difficult to understand, because as children nobody cared for them to write well. This can affect the school and work stage, since others will not understand our writing. Therefore, to avoid it, we must worry that children write well. That is why today we are going to talk to you about how through some tips you can help your child improve penmanship and thus instill in them the importance of writing well.
How to help your child improve penmanship
- Encourage reading. If you become familiar with the habit of reading early, you will also be motivated to write well. If you see writing as tedious you will not want to do it and you will not want to improve no matter how much you insist. Children who read more, pay more attention to how words are written, have much more vocabulary than children who do not read and this affects writing well.
- Take an interest in their things at school. Try to read his notebooks and try to read what he says. If he sees that some things you do not understand, he will want to do better next time. He will want his parents to be interested in his things and to know what he puts in them.
- Observe the position it puts when writing. Many times a bad posture affects having a bad handwriting. You have to write in a relaxed and good posture in order to write well. Check that your back is straight and supported on the backrest, and that it does not lean too much on the paper or notebook. The paper has to be slightly tilted and held by the other hand. See that the pencil paints well and does not have to shit too much to write or that it is very small.
- Write more by hand than a computer or tablet. Handwriting requires skills that are not strengthened with the computer or tablet. Without these motor skills, he will not grasp the pencil well and will write badly. Your child has to write mostly by hand and not vice versa. You will have time to write through electronic devices.
- Watch as he picks up the pencil. There is no fixed rule, everyone takes the pencil in the way that is most comfortable, and that is how it should be for your child. See that you do not take it in a too complicated way that can make it difficult for you to write well. You should find the way that is most comfortable for you without putting pressure on you.
- To write well you have to practice. Do you remember when we were little that they made us write in the Rubio booklets? Learning by repetition is very important to reaffirm what has been learned and improve, especially when they are young. The ideal would be practice 3 times a week, but not as a punishment or an imposition but as something motivational to improve. Let it be in a relaxed environment, without distractions or haste.
- Write on lined sheets. Children find it difficult to write straight if there are no lines to follow. These sheets will facilitate their path and thus they will pay more attention to the writing, respecting the margins.
- Stimulate your fine motor skills. To help them grasp the pencil easily, you can do exercises to improve their fine motor skills like playing with play dough or cutting out magazines. Do not miss the article «Games to improve motor skills in children»To help you work on this skill.
- Explain the meaning of writing well. Let them see that it requires an effort but that it is for a very simple reason: to make others understand. If we write badly, it is as if we did not write because others will not know what we have written.
- Have patience. All learning takes time, and we cannot expect them to improve the letter from one day to the next. We must encourage them and congratulate them on their achievements, every step achieved. This way they will feel motivated to improve every day.
Because remember… to write well, children must have the habit of writing.