Handqriting Skill

HANDWRITING SKILLS |

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* Handwriting development * Handwriting difficulties * What are the signs and symptoms the children with handwriting difficulties present? * What influences handwriting and how does it affect some children? * Handwriting assessment * Handwriting Intervention * Activities to promote handwriting readiness |

Handwriting developmentMany children begin to scribble on paper shortly after they are able to grasp a writing tool, and if not supervised, they will eventually write on any available surface. As children mature their scribbling evolves into the handwriting skills specific to their culture. Performance task | Age level |

Scribbles on paper | 10-12 months |

Initiates horizontal, vertical and circular Marks on paper | 2 years |

Copies a horizontal line, vertical line and

Circle | 3 years |

Copies a cross, right oblique line, square Left diagonal line, left oblique cross, some letters and numbers and maybe able to write own name | 4-5 years |

Copies a triangle, prints own name, copies most upper and lower case letters | 5-6 years |

Pencil grasp developmentChildren commonly begin by holding the pencil with the whole hand - pronating the forearm and using the shoulder to move the pencil. Later, children use a more mature pencil grasp, holding the pencil between the distal phalanges of the thumb, index and middle fingers. At this later stage, the forearm is usually supinated and the intrinsic muscles of the hand move the pencil.Handwriting readinessThe readiness factors needed for writing require the integrity of a number of sensori-motor systems. Letter formation requires the integration of the visual, motor, sensory and perceptual systems. Sufficient fine motor coordination is also needed to form letters accurately.Six prerequisites that children must have before handwriting begins are: 1. Small muscle development 2. Eye-hand coordination 3. ability to hold utensils or writing tools 4. capacity to...