Handwriting
Published in May 2009
128 pages
978-1-907078-23-1 (ISBN)
Description
Whether you're teaching novice writers, older children or adults, you'll benefit from Julie Bennett's enthusiasm and expertise. She presents handwriting as both an art and a science. Either way, it can be mastered. Julie covers all bases: teaching, improving and troubleshooting handwriting. Starting with the basics - seating, posture, paper and writing implements - she then fixes the goalposts with a handwriting checklist. This is the reference point for remedying a range of common problems (e.g. uneven spacing between words and letters or inconsistent slope and slant) using Julie's multi-sensory 'Key Notes' method. A chapter on teaching beginner writers moves through the stages of writing from pre-literate to fluency, and a section on solving handwriting problems (e.g. for left-handers or those with dysgraphia or arthritis) is followed by a treasure trove of resources: schemes, aids, software, websites and books. Sign up for your copies now!
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Alresford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
25 black & white illustrations
File size
9,71 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-907078-23-1 (9781907078231)
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Content
- Cover
- Copyright Notice
- Enjoy the read!
- Title Page
- Publisher
- Contents
- Introduction
- Handwriting Matters
- The problems
- What are the benefits?
- What is handwriting?
- Defining 'good handwriting'
- The body, mind and soul of handwriting
- Body, mind and soul
- The internal model of handwriting
- Handwriting: the ultimate goal
- Handwriting Policy
- Developing a school handwriting policy
- Which scheme?
- Which script?
- Cursive: the benefits
- Print to cursive
- Cursive from the start?
- Describing handwriting
- Are You Sitting Comfortably?
- Setting up
- Body in balance
- Ideal seating position
- Co-ordinated movements
- Space: left and right
- Paper position
- Is there a 'correct' pen/pencil hold?
- Is there only one 'good' pen/pencil hold?
- The dynamic tripod grip
- An alternative grip
- Choosing a pen or pencil
- Pencil toppers
- Get a grip
- Getting the tension right
- Getting it all together
- Fixing the Goalposts
- Using the checklist
- Checklist: Formation
- Print formation
- Left-handed print formation
- Cursive form
- Checklist: Size
- Checklist: Slope
- Checklist: Spacing
- Checklist: Sitting on the line
- Checklist: Smooth connections
- Checklist: Fluency
- Checklist summary - visual association
- Teaching Beginner Writers
- Starting out
- Stages of writing
- Pre-writing activities
- Readiness for writing
- Pencil control
- Informal handwriting patterns
- Formal handwriting patterns
- See the movement - make the movement
- Tracing
- Gross motor activities
- Order in which to teach letters
- Handwriting patter
- Making associations
- Lined or not lined?
- Guidelines
- Improving Handwriting
- Varied attainment
- Varied causes
- Key Notes for handwriting
- Key Notes: music
- How it works: self-assessment
- How to use Key Notes for handwriting
- Key Note 1: Better Shape Up
- Key Note 2: Larger than Life
- Key Note 3: Straighten Up and Fly Right
- Key Notes 4: Don't Stand so Close to Me
- Key Note 5: Stuck in the Middle with You
- Key Note 6: Sitting on the Dock of the Bay
- Key Note 7: Smooth Operator
- Key Notes 8: Don't Worry, Be Happy
- Solving Handwriting Problems
- Overview
- Arthritis
- Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
- Dysgraphia
- Dyslexia
- Dyspraxia
- EDS and HMS
- Gifted and talented students
- Holding the pen/pencil too low down or too high up
- Left-handed writers
- Letter reversals and confusion
- Pressure on pen or pencil - too little
- Pressure on pen or pencil - too much
- Speed of writing - too fast
- Writer's cramp and dystonia
- Handwriting Directory
- Standardised handwriting assessment tools
- The National Handwriting Association (NHA)
- Pen or pencil grips
- Pens and pencils
- Left-handed websites
- Left-handed resources
- Handwriting resources
- Free resources
- Handwriting paper and books
- Computer-based resources
- Writing slopes
- Write-on, wipe-off boards
- Kinaesthetic handwriting programmes
- Early writing
- Raised lines and wristbands
- Books and websites on handwriting
- About the author
- Order Form
- Title Listings
