Handwriting Skills
Handwriting is an Essential Skill to the Development of a Child
Critical Skills for Handwriting
Critical skills for handwriting begin to develop before a child knows how to use a crayon!
Body Awareness:
- Knowing right and left
- Directions such as up and down
Cognition:
- Memory of letters, words, and sentences
Crossing midline:
- Developing hand dominance
- Visual scanning when reading
- Coordinating both sides of the body for 2 handed tasks
Gross Motor skills:
- Posture
- Fluid movements
Fine Motor skills:
- Grasp
- Pencil control
Motor Planning:
- Coordinating movements of the shoulder, arm, and hand
- Creating letters
- Eye-hand coordination
Visual skills:
- Discrimination - discriminating between likenesses and differences
- Spatial understanding
- Copying from the board
- Visual memory
Our handwriting specialists are certified to administer the Print Tool Assessment from Handwriting without Tears.
