This pen is brilliant!!!!

[ReallyTired]

My son has terrible handwriting and finds it painful to use a pencil.

I have found an alternative and it is make a real difference to his writing.

www.cultpens.com/acatalog/Stabilo_S_Move_Easy.html

You can get the pens from WHSmith at a cheaper price, but I wanted to show you a picture.

I think that schools sometimes mess up children's pencil grips by forcing them to use pencils before they are read. The nice thing about this pen its that its impossible to use it with a bad pencil grip.

Romy7 ah ha, magic disappearing letter!

Our school obviously do not trust us to get the correct one, all pens are supplied and put on to the end of term rip off bill.

wtd - it fits on the top? she'd never be able to do that!!!

MS - i wish they would here - i just know all the anal organised mummies will have ravaged whsmith already, and dd1 will be the poor penless orphan...
talking of bills - i got sent a bill for craft materials, so she could bring her projects home at the end of last term!!! you've just reminded me i'm still cross about that! thanks!

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know an ADHD/dyspraxic boy whose mum is having the same argument re pen/cil... "

I don't understand why schools insist on pencil in the early stages. My son finds using a pencil really painful. He has hypermobile joints in his fingers and it takes a lot of strength to hold pencil. I am sure that early use of pencils buggers children's pencil grip.

I'm shocked that so many schools are intransigent when it comes to different children's needs - both my ds have problems with writing (for ds1 it's mainly anxiety-related, ds2 it's muscle tone/co-ordination) but despite the schools' official policy on what children are supposed to write with in particular years, their teachers have always allowed them to write with whatever helps them at the time

at ds1's academically selective independent secondary he usually writes with a berol handwriting pen (they're all supposed to write with blue cartridge pen) but if he's feeling particularly anxious he uses a pencil (he can then rub it out so doesn't worry so much if he's made a mistake)

ds2's just going into y4 at local state primary and will use whatever he finds easiest, whether that's pen or pencil

My dd is dyslexic and has found stetro grips to be a help. Cheaper than pens and can be used on school pencils, etc. Guess they wouldn't fit all biros but she still tends to write in pencil at school.

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you can get the pen for £3 from tescos.

My son uses a pencil grip, but he still finds hard to get sufficent pressure to write with.

The important thing is that a child finds something that suits him or her.

My dyspraxic DD doesn't get on with those pens for some reason but found the Yoro pen helped a lot.

I am slightly worried by the picture in her Year 5 handbook at new Middle school of things to have in your pencil case - the pen looked suspiciously like a fountain pen. I've chucked one in her pencil case but she is going armed with a chunky roller ball and I will go up and deal if I have to

We got the Smove pencil but finding it hard to sharpen to a decent point - anyone else ?

you touting for business again MIlee, like you have done on other parenting forums. YOu are supposed to pay to advertise on this site.