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Help to improve the hand writing of 5 year old?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Ninasa, there's still plenty of time for your son to master the art of neat handwriting. If there is a specific problem your son's teachers would have spoken to you by now. As shaz mentioned, sand is excellent for letter formation, you could also use highlighters to write a few words ( written larger than average) for him to trace over with his pencil. pens aren't so easy for a child to control at this age due to the fact that many of them have to be held at a specific angle to get the nib to make contact with the paper.
You mention that he can't sit for more than 5 mins without moving and then forgetting the set task - you could try to improve his concentration skills by giving him other tasks such as playing a memory game. place four objects on the carpet, talk about them then remove one of the objects see if he can tell you which one you removed, then reverse roles and let him remove an object.
Jules001-Thanks for the link I never knew about all these basic skills for handwriting, I will try to keep up with practing them with him.
In A Pickle-Its true what you said I shouldn't make it very seriouse because he likes reading and he reads well.So I will lay back a bit.
Taemoon-I know what you mean many parents don't realise some simple things their children can't do and they leave it too late just they haven't known about it at an earlier stage.So yea thanks for notifying me about it.
Shaz-rla-He never played with sand I think thats a good way of having fun and practicing how to write some letters and yes I do always make him sit longer to practice writing but now I guess I will make him write for a minute then make him come back to write from his own will.Also, I will let you know how I get on with him.
Lore- Thanks for pointing about the concentration bit, I will try the memory game and see how it goes.
Billyshears-His teachers are very good they say there is nothing to worry about it at this stage and he is a right handed.But thanks for mentioning that.
My son has Dyspraxia and has similar symptoms. My son is 15 yet has difficulty reading and writing, and also using a fork and knife and so on.
There are a number of special needs children who have symptoms like this, they are often within the Autistic area.
It may be worth getting him checked to see if there is a problem (better to find out now so he can get support at school).
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