When is it helpful for children to use lined paper for writing, or even the special workbooks with coloured lines to show how low/high to make letters that go above or below (eg f and g)? My daughter is in Reception and her writing is coming along reasonably well on the whole (she is happy to have a go, can write simple sentences and use finger spaces, capital letters and full stops) but it is not very neat. For example, she writes ‘t’ very small (starting at the same height as ‘a’), the tail of the ‘g’ does not hang down, she writes not very straight lines too close together – that sort of thing.
I’m inclined to think that writing on lines or on the special paper with three lines would help her at this stage, but I’m not sure whether this is not normally introduced this early, and I wondered why? She never brings back any homework focussing on correct letter formation or repeated practice of letters or anything like that – the little bits of homework she gets are things like labelling pictures or answering simple questions or filling in gaps in sentences.
I feel a bit of ‘formal’ writing practice would help her, but maybe this approach of just getting them writing enthusiastically is how it is taught nowadays? I struggle to correct her too much as she is not getting ‘evidence’ to back up what I’m saying, and I think she just thinks I’m fussy and annoying!
What do your Reception/Y1 children do at school to encourage neat writing? Am I worrying about nothing at this stage?
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Ginmummy1 · 02/03/2016 08:58
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