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JSchaaf
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Posted: Feb 26 2005 at 6:10pm \| IP Logged

My 4.5 dd is starting to enjoying writing. The last couple of days she has been making "lists", asking me to write some words on the white board for her to copy. My question is this: should I just let her write them her way (big sheet of unlined paper, some letter reversal) or insist on doing it on lined paper with proper letter formation? She is working through A Reason For Handwriting so knows proper letter formation/size. I don't want to turn her off from this activity, but I also don't want to let her persist in habits that may be hard to correct. Any suggestions?
Jennifer

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Posted: Feb 26 2005 at 9:36pm \| IP Logged

I think she wil naturally correct as she gains control of her pencil.

My now 8 year old daugher has books of writing all the way back to three years old. She has written big irregular letters and has slowly found her way to "real" writing, where the letters point the right way and fit on lines. Her passion to write has meant that she's been very attentive to the formation of letters and so as she gained control, her writing grew up and began to match what she saw.

I have a ten year old son who is not as skilled at handwriting as she is. He finds it difficult to manage the pencil (he's a lefty too which makes it worse). I have allowed him to continue to write on white unlined paper so that he can have more room to really work at forming his letters correctly. The confines of the lines were discouraging to him.

He is getting much better this year as we've managed to find things he cares about writing. But I haven't required lines for him and he's ten years old!

So if it were me, I'd say let the 4.5 year old do whatever she likes. :) Her eagerness is the most important quality to nurture. She'll want to fit those words onto lines eventually if she's this motivated. That's my hunch.

Julie

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