Hi all
DS is going into Y1 and is doing fine generally. However, he struggles with handwriting in many respects - pencil grip, controlling his movements, big handwriting, reversing letters and numbers.
He has had an OT assessment suggested by the school, which identified some delays in motor skills although not enough for a formal diagnosis of anything.
We've been doing a few things to encourage him over the holidays such as a holiday diary and post cards to friends and to be fair he quite enjoys writing, it's just not very legible! His teacher gave us a laminated sheet of letters to copy but he doesn't have much patience with that. To be fair I expect part of the issue is being young in the year.
What else can we do to help him? He has plenty of time outside doing the trampoline / climbing frame / climbing trees and gross motor skills seem to be coming along well (these were also a bit delayed) but are there other things we could do to support his writing?
Thanks very much!
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Two2tango · 08/08/2019 11:48
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