Did you know poor handwriting fluency in early childhood has been used as a predictor for reading ability?
There is a growing body of evidence suggesting there are specific cognitive benefits of handwriting during early childhood. These cognitive benefits include:
- brain development
- working memory
- translation of thought-to-script; and
- overall writing quality and production.
A recent study in Perth WA, examined the influence of handwriting automaticity in the writing and reading performance of Year 1 students. The results of the study concluded that handwriting fluency could be used to predict writing quality and reading skills a year later.
The research noted that poor handwriting automaticity hinders vocabulary selection, ideation and revision, while also affecting motivation, writing development and, in turn, academic success.
As parents, we want to ensure we give our children the best opportunities to be successful readers and writers. However, we don’t often know how to do this or what it actually involves. Many of us believe that our early childhood educators will address poor number and letter formation, but unfortunately this isn’t always the case.
Our friendly team of tutors are available to come to your home for weekly 60min sessions working one-on-one with your child. Our proven methodology – The Peterson Directed Handwriting technique, focuses on smooth, rhythmic motion with verbal prompts to improve attention span, motor skills, muscle memory and ultimately handwriting fluency. The goal is to eventually create ‘instant words’ which can be easily written with minimal use of the visual feedback system. The word patterns free up brain processing power to focus on composition of the message rather than thinking about how to put the letters together on the page.
If your child is in K – Yr 3, then our sessions are perfect for you! Our multi sensory, whole body movement sessions are designed to teach or even reteach correct handwriting habits from the very beginning. We focus on:
- correct pencil grip
- correct posture
- correct letter and number formation
- handwriting fluency
See our pricing or simply contact us to find out more.
*If you have an older child having difficulty with handwriting, contact us and we can tailor a program to suit.
