Teaching Your Kids How to Write Legibly

It is not nice when you see that your child's handwriting is not legible, especially if is because they have rushed to finish it. We tend to use handwriting more than we think during the course of our day, so it is imperative that it can be read. There is nothing worse than a teacher not being able to read your child's handwriting properly, and because of this he down grades their marks at school.

We get taught two different types of writing throughout our school lives. There is print writing, and then there is cursive writing as we get older.

It is irrelevant which type of writing your child is doing at the time if the writing is unreadable. We should really try to find out what is causing the handwriting to be so bad in the first place. We can only try to cure this problem if we really understand where the fault lies. Are they having trouble with certain letters or is there something else causing this?

If there is a problem with the writing of certain letters, why not put aside about 15 minutes per day after school to help your child to practice writing these letters out in a notebook? You could make this a little like homework for them; try to instil some pride in their writing.

Maybe the problem is in the way that they are holding their pen or pencil? It may be causing them to feel uncomfortable when they write; this in turn could make them rush their writing. Make sure that the pen is gripped with the forefinger and thumb, and with the middle finger supporting the pen.

Teach them to write the letters of the alphabet correctly. You can find some notebooks that have these letters on the cover to show them the correct way that they should be written.

It is never too early or too late to teach your kids to write properly. Their success not only at school, but also in later life, could depend on them being able to write clearly and neatly.