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Poppin' P's - A great visual for home & school!

5/13/2018

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Posture​ - Have your child check their sitting posture when at the table
  • Ideally the desk height should be 2" above their bent elbow when seated, their feet should be flat on the floor with their ankles, knees and hips all at 90° angles, their forearms are forward and stabilised on the desk and their back aligned against the back of the chair.
  • Try using a rhyme: "1, 2, 3, 4...Are my feet on the floor? 5, 6, 7, 8...Is my back nice & straight?​
Paper​ - Have your child check the position of the paper
  • Encourage your child to tilt their page when writing so that the vertical side of the page is roughly parallel with the forearm of their writing hand.
  • Right-handed writers should have a slight angle, where as left-handed writers should have a steeper angle.
  • Encourage your child to use their other hand (“helper hand”) to hold the paper steady.
​Pencil​​ - Have your child check the way they're holding the pencil
  • The pencil grasp best for writing is called a dynamic tripod grasp where the pencil is held between the thumb and index finger and rests on the middle finger.
  • Right-handed writers should hold a pencil approximately ¾” - 1” from the tip; left-handed writers at least 1¼” from the tip of the pencil so that they can see the words they are writing.
  • If your child holds the pencil too high up, then consider letting them use pencils that are shorter, such as the size of a golf pencil.
​Pressure​ - Have your child check the pressure they are applying when writing
  • Difficulties with pencil pressure may be because the child has poor tactile or proprioceptive awareness of the position and movement of their fingers or a weakness in their hand strength with poor control of the smaller muscles of the hand.
  • Consider the pencil being used. For example, a #1 Pencil has softer lead and requires less force to produce a darker result or a mechanical pencil helps a child control the amount of force they are using as the tips can break easily if too much pressure is used. You can also get novelty pens that are a great incentive as when the pen is pushed down with enough pressure, it either makes a noise or lights up.
  • Consider placing different materials under the paper or writing on different surfaces. For example, using a mouse pad or sandpaper underneath will encourage a child to use less pressure as when they press too hard they will poke holes in the paper; or using carbon paper underneath can encourage a child to press harder to make the writing appear on it as well.
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