Handwriting Problems

Why should we bother learning to write by hand? Should we use digital devices, such as laptops, computers, etc.? Does what we use matter as long as a child can...

Annual Dyslexia Dates 2024 Helping to Raise Understanding & Awareness of Dyslexia. Each year, organisations, charities, campaigners, and schools participate in various activities to raise awareness of this learning difficulty. ...

Dyslexia Awareness Dates 2023 to help raise understanding & awareness of dyslexia. The Dyslexia awareness Dates in 2023 encourage organisations, charities, campaigners, and schools to participate in various activities to...

There are over 25 muscles in the hand and fingers, so you can see why it is essential to have strong muscles, leading to good handwriting and drawing. You will...

Should Children learn to Touch-Type? With the Easter holidays upon us, it would be a good time for children to touch type.  Two of my favourite programmes are KAZ –...

Fine Motor Control using Q-tips to paint This young lad shows how easy he finds doing things like painting this spider's web with 'Q-tips'.  That was not always the case;...

Should Schools Make Students Use Fountain Pens? Can Student's Hand-Writing get better by using Fountain Pens? Why do some schools still insist that students use fountain pens?  Because some tutors...

Can playing marbles, linking paper clips, ‘Painting by Number’, mazes, nuts & bolts, Lego  -  help people with their handwriting? I don't think hardly anyone would have thought that playing...

You couldn't get a better advert than this for Assistive Technology (AT) could you? It is often such a fight to get teachers to allow students to use the Assistive...