Hi there,
my son has just turned 4 and started Reception.
The good news is that he has surprised us all and is massively keen on reading/writing, like something has suddenly clicked....he will sit down and write stuff.
The bad news is that he writes all letters like O, A, etc anticlockwise. You don't notice when they are written as they are formed well, but if you observe him then every single letter is formed anticlockwise!
We have tried holding his hand and doing it "right" but as soon as he is doing this himself then is back to square one! He then gets upset and says he doesn't want to write anymore, so we figured it would be better to leave it.
Yesterday though he came home really upset as he said the teacher told him he was writing his name "wrong". So my DH went to the teacher to see what we thought we should do and she says we should keep correcting him otherwise it will become a lifelong bad habit.
What can I do correct him then? Anyone has encountered this problem? We were wondering whether he is left handed but he doesn't appear to be.....
Thanks for reading this far!