My 4yo DS has been obviously left handed since he first picked up a pencil. He is very precise, holds the pencil perfectly and his colouring in is so neat, I would be proud to say i did it!
However, he writes letters backwards and across the page from right to left. This weekend we also saw him draw a person perfectly, but upside down.
We switched the pen to his right hand and although he is more clumsy with it, wrote his letters the right way round and the person the right way up.
Any thoughts? Encourage the left hand and guide him to write the right way round, or move to the right hand?
He's at nursery full time currently, so I have asked them to keep an eye on his writing and drawing exploits, but would like to advise them how I want to proceed.
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4yo - left handed, but writes backwards and draws pictures upside down
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Neeerly3 · 26/11/2008 10:19
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