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
144 pages
978-1-78775-157-6 (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.
More details
Edition
Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 7 to 12 years
Edition type
Digital original
Illustrations
Every strategy is fully illustrated in black and white child-friendly cartoons
ISBN-13
978-1-78775-157-6 (9781787751576)
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Additional editions
Lauren Brukner
The Kids' Guide to Getting Your Words on Paper
Simple Stuff to Build the Motor Skills and Strength for Handwriting
Book
04/2020
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
€21.00
Shipment within 15-20 days
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.
