Do you have a child who needs to transition to smaller handwriting?
My tip today deals with kiddos who are maturing manuscript or cursive sentence writers. A good handwriting goal for students in grades 2-4 is to work toward writing smaller as they write on paper.
How can you encourage your child to write smaller on lined paper?
There are a few easy ways to encourage your child in the transition to smaller handwriting. One easy way is to have your child switch from special handwriting paper with big lines to regular, wide-lined notebook paper. To aid your child in copying on wide-lined paper, draw a light dotted pencil line in the middle of each wide line. The dotted line will give your child a midpoint guide on each line for lower case letters. This simple change will help your child automatically begin to shrink his/her writing to fit in the space
How can you help your child transition to writing smaller on blank paper?
In Bigger Hearts, Preparing Hearts, and Creation to Christ children are transitioning to writing on blank paper or in blank boxes in a student notebook. You can help shrink your child’s writing by drawing 1/2″ lines in pencil in the assigned blank areas of the page. This will guide your child to write smaller to stay within the lines.
After smaller handwriting has become a habit, your child will no longer need guide lines.
Once writing smaller has become a habit for your child, you can eventually stop including guide lines. Urging your child toward smaller handwriting is easy to do with these simple tips! Give these tips a try and see what you think!
Blessings,
Carrie
