Bad handwriting

[Feelingconfused2020]

Hi all. I just wondered if anyone could recommend a pen for my ten year old whose writing is almost illegible sometimes. His writing is very small and he joins it up so it just looks like scribbles. It's such a pity because he's very imaginative and writes such lovely stories!

Does anyone have any experience with this and any suggestions for pens that work?

How is he holding his pen/pencil?

Encourage non joined and larger writing until he is able to write more legibly? Or a thicker pen/pencil? DS is dyslexic and has issues with fine motor skills resulting in “scribbles” instead of proper writing. A thicker pencil and encouraging him to write larger/more spaced letters really helped

Thank you so much for replying. Yes I think a thicker pen sounds sensible. His writing is very thin and scribbly. He holds his pen normally but was late to learn this skill (for this country anyway) he was year 1 before he held his pencil correctly.

He never won his "pen license" but because of lockdown he was given it automatically in year 5 as I think they probably just give almost everyone them before they leave year 4. I have to say I think he'd be better with pencil but he would be the only one in year 5.

On the light side .... Doctors have awful handwriting!

Has he been assessed for dyspraxia @Feelingconfused2020? My ds has dyspraxia and his handwriting and late development of pen grasp were what flagged it up, that and being a bit clumsy and struggling with cutlery. Ds now uses a Stabilo Easy Grip pen which has helped with his pen control and uses grips for his pencils.