Handwriting at home

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Patterns

Use before you start letters.

FAQs Straights Curves Tunnels Diagonals Joins
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Letters

Choose from print, capital, cursive or continuous cursive.

FAQs Print Capitals Cursive Continuous cursive Numbers & Symbols
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Joining

Move to joining when all single letters are formed correctly.

FAQs Cursive Continuous cursive
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Hand dominance

How to check whether your child is right or left handed.

FAQs Hand dominance Left-handed writers
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Pencil grip

How to hold the pencil correctly.

FAQs Grip development The Tripod grip Teaching the tripod grip
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Sitting and Paper

How to sit and position the paper for great handwriting.

FAQs Sitting Paper
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Learning through play

Games and activities to help handwriting.

FAQs Warm ups Games Big to small More activities
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Difficulties

Overcoming other handwriting difficulties not covered elsewhere.

FAQs Spacing Pressure Reluctance Copying SEND
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Downloadable worksheets and home teaching schemes.