The Kids' Guide to Getting Your Words on Paper
Simple Stuff to Build the Motor Skills and Strength for Handwriting
Published on 21. April 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
144 pages
978-1-78775-156-9 (ISBN)
Description
Does your hand ache when you write?
Packed with fun and simple ideas to help kids feel good about writing, this handwriting book with a difference helps children embed the strength and skills they need to get the most out of their written work, at home and school!
From different kinds of cushions, hand warm-ups, and cool eye scan exercises, and pencil grips to yoga balls in cardboard boxes, personalized activity binders, playdough, lego, and Velcro on pencils, this book is filled with fun stuff to help kids focus, get stronger, and be in control of their writing. The strategies in the book are accompanied by cartoon-style illustrations, and the author includes useful tips for parents and teachers as well as handy visual charts, a quiz to identify areas of most difficulty, and checklists for children to track their own progress.
Armed with the strategies and exercises in this book, kids will be well on their way to writing with greater ease, and the positive self-esteem that goes along with that. Suitable for children with writing difficulties aged approximately 7 to 12.
Packed with fun and simple ideas to help kids feel good about writing, this handwriting book with a difference helps children embed the strength and skills they need to get the most out of their written work, at home and school!
From different kinds of cushions, hand warm-ups, and cool eye scan exercises, and pencil grips to yoga balls in cardboard boxes, personalized activity binders, playdough, lego, and Velcro on pencils, this book is filled with fun stuff to help kids focus, get stronger, and be in control of their writing. The strategies in the book are accompanied by cartoon-style illustrations, and the author includes useful tips for parents and teachers as well as handy visual charts, a quiz to identify areas of most difficulty, and checklists for children to track their own progress.
Armed with the strategies and exercises in this book, kids will be well on their way to writing with greater ease, and the positive self-esteem that goes along with that. Suitable for children with writing difficulties aged approximately 7 to 12.
Reviews / Votes
Lots of practical tips to help kids have better writing skills. When I was eight, I was the last student in my class to have good handwriting. I would have loved all the pencil grips that you showed in your book. Another tip that I completely agree with is heaving a soft pencil. -- Temple Grandin, Author Thinking in Pictures, The Autistic Brain Know any kids struggling with writing? Lauren Brukner's empathic writing style is straight-forward, empowering and kid-friendly. Using her do-able strategies, students feel prepared to overcome resistance or anxiety, organize ideas and details, and tackle grade-level written assignments. Read this book with your students. You'll learn something, too!! -- Beverly H. Moskowitz, DOT MS OTR/L FAOTA The real value of the book is its uncomplicatedness and relevance to the world, in which children hold tablets as often as pencils. No child struggling with writing should be considered at risk of poor achievement before they have tried Lauren's tricks of the Occupational Therapy trade. The visual-motor coordination strategies feel natural and unpretentious, and that's why they work. -- Lidia Stanton - dyslexia specialist and psychologistMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
Interest Age: From 7 to 12 years
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Illustrations
Every strategy is fully illustrated in black and white child-friendly cartoons
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 173 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
340 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78775-156-9 (9781787751569)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Lauren Brukner
The Kids' Guide to Getting Your Words on Paper
Simple Stuff to Build the Motor Skills and Strength for Handwriting
E-Book
04/2020
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
€17.99
Available for download
Persons
Lauren Brukner is a Senior Occupational Therapist and the author of seven books with Jessica Kingsley Publishers. She currently works as a Senior Occupational Therapist and evaluator for the NYC Department of Education. She has contributed to Scary Mommy, the Huffington Post, and Edutopia. In 2020, Lauren was a speaker at UNESCO's Virtual Special Kids International Summit. She lives in New Jersey.
Content
PART ONE: FOR KIDS; Hey Kids, Let Me Tell You a Little About Me and this Book!; Quiz: What's Your Writing-Learning-Style?; 1: Let's Learn Some Writing Strategies for Big Body Stuff; 2: Let's Learn Some Writing Strategies to Help Your Eyes Out; 3: Let's Learn Some Writing Strategies When Your Hands Just Feel Tired; 4: Let's Learn Some Writing Strategies for When it's Hard to Focus; 5: Let's Learn Some Writing Strategies When All Your Body's Feelings and Sense Get Too Much (or too Little); PART TWO - FOR GROWN-UPS; The Importance of Implementing Writing Routines at Home and School; APPENDICES; Appendix 1: At A Glance Desk Strip Reminders; Handwriting Bookmarks; Binder Workbook Sample Sheets for Laminating; Recommended Reading