Training options for handwriting
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 11:12 am
We are developing our training options for handwriting.
There are various options available so it is always worth contacting us for a chat about your requirements.
It is great, for example, to model the handwriting style and teaching approach with real children/students - so that teachers can witness the remarkably fast progress and encouragement of learners. This is encouraging, also, for the teachers themselves!
Teaching handwriting well is not something which should drag on and on.
I was speaking with a headteacher recently who, like me, is passionate for all the children to be able to write fluently with a fully joined style and it was clear that he considered that this might take three years or so.
I was delighted to tell him that I was thinking more in terms of one term for all the children to be fully on board with fab handwriting!
Further, some children can change their style and become competent in a matter of days - with fluency developing surprisingly quickly.
Sometimes, the 'mindset' of teachers may need to change from the idea that the children 'have not learnt' to write well - to the idea that it is they who 'have not taught well enough' the handwriting!
It could be, however, that the school's choice of handwriting style and/or programme is found somewhat wanting!
If I am suggesting that it need not take long to teach fully cursive writing effectively for all the learners, then this also suggests that it won't take long to see if I'm correct!
There are various options available so it is always worth contacting us for a chat about your requirements.
It is great, for example, to model the handwriting style and teaching approach with real children/students - so that teachers can witness the remarkably fast progress and encouragement of learners. This is encouraging, also, for the teachers themselves!
Teaching handwriting well is not something which should drag on and on.
I was speaking with a headteacher recently who, like me, is passionate for all the children to be able to write fluently with a fully joined style and it was clear that he considered that this might take three years or so.
I was delighted to tell him that I was thinking more in terms of one term for all the children to be fully on board with fab handwriting!
Further, some children can change their style and become competent in a matter of days - with fluency developing surprisingly quickly.
Sometimes, the 'mindset' of teachers may need to change from the idea that the children 'have not learnt' to write well - to the idea that it is they who 'have not taught well enough' the handwriting!
It could be, however, that the school's choice of handwriting style and/or programme is found somewhat wanting!
If I am suggesting that it need not take long to teach fully cursive writing effectively for all the learners, then this also suggests that it won't take long to see if I'm correct!