Handwriting

=__**HANDWRITING:**__=

//Preparing you child to print.//

 * Your child is experimenting with a variety of media in play, drawing and painting.


 * All this helps to develop the fine muscle control needed for printing.


 * Encourage drawing, cutting, construction, jigsaw, threading and other activities to develop this fine motor co-ordination.


 * At school we print in lower case letters so it helps if this style is shown at home.


 * Encourage your child to hold a pencil correctly.


 * If you are printing a story for them use the information model supplied by the Room 4 teacher.
 * If your child wishes to write at home encourage this style: eg: Wendy __not__ WENDY.
 * When showing your child how to write sit beside them __**not**__ opposite them. What your child sees is the reflection and they will start their letter formation in the wrong place usually at the bottom of the line.
 * Encourage your child to form circles anticlockwise from a 1 o'clock position to help with the correct formation of letters.