DS is in Y3 and has made progress with handwriting but it's getting him down now and holding him back. His teacher is keen to "sort it" and "not let him get his way" (ie avoid doing it). I applaud this approach, but she is now the 3rd teacher to have a crack at him and I think we need to move on before his self esteem disintegrates.
He struggles to sit still and stay on the lines on the paper. We have tried writing slopes and cushions - but he doesn't like appearing "different". Letter formation is OK. His sentences are a bit odd as he doesn't get the reader's perspective. If he goes on Word to type, he gets distracted with fonts and mucks about. He should be starting touch typing tutorials online soon.
Any suggestions for what we can try next? Should we be looking to get him a keyboard/Alphasmart sort of thing?
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tartanterror · 17/11/2016 20:53
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