best/first handwriting pen

[Loobylou3]

hi
any recommendations for what pen to get for my dd. She is doing really well joining her handwriting and really keen to do this, self motivated to improve. I was thinking she would love to have a pen to practice with at home and wondered if anyone had any recommendations or should I just go with simple berol handwriting pen you see everywhere. I should probably ask school but due to work commitments I don't do any drop/pick ups and think it would seem a bit much to send an email. Thanks

DD's school recommends the Berol handwriting pen or Berol fountain pen though not till they have achieved their pen licence which is years 4 or 5.
DD prefers the fountain pen, but then I am a fountain pen person too.

Thanks for the reply

The Berol handwriting pens are rubbish.

Mrz any recommendations of others? Thanks

When DS got his pen license we were recommended to get a Lamy fountain pen. He said it writes very well and he is happy with it - plus you can get them on Amazon in loads of colours so your DD could pick her favourite!

Another vote here for a Lamy. I have one left hander and one right hander, and they have worked well for both.

Avoid Berols - they need too hard a press, which can lead to a tense grip.

Ds has a lamy which has been good. Most of his class have them.

I'm a fan of the Lamy fountain pen for older children.

Ours recommend the staedtler handwriting pen

a 'pen licence?' you mean you have to have a licence to use a pen?

At some school Pavlov.

Pavlov - Yes, I think it is an 'incentive' thing in some schools.

Search MN for more info, or Google.

The idea is that children don't use pens until they can form letters correctly (writing with a pencil being easier as generally the pencil moves more smoothly over the oater)

But some schools formalise the transition by awarding a "licence"

In your opinion do you mean? I do not think Berol handwriting pens are rubbish.

I don't like the beryl ones either. We had one of those curved ones at first, then a Lamy fountain pen. I can't remember what make the curved ones are.

Stabilo!!!

From many years experience story nanny I have found the Berol pens to be "messy". That is the writing they produce is often covered in ink blots, faded and dark and children have to press on sometimes even putting holes in the paper and the ink can bleed through the page no matter the quality of the paper. Oh and they dry up quickly ...That's what I mean by "rubbish" we have banned them.
The Berol fountain pens are better.

www.lamy.com/eng/b2c/abc/010
Lamy also does a first fountain pen. When we lived in Belgium the local schools all used these pens. The only difference between them and the coloured lamy pens is that the cap does not fit on the end. I was told this was because it can alter the weight for little hands when they are writing.