Summary
Contents
This essential illustrated classroom guide to the teaching of handwriting covers all aspects of the subject--from initial letter forms to joined writing.
Three Approaches to Handwriting Problems
Three Approaches to Handwriting Problems
The purpose of this part of the book is to set out a relatively simple diagnostic technique for teachers to follow. Some of you may not need to use this for long, perhaps just to confirm your own techniques. Others may need it longer as much for your own sakes as for the pupils’ as you learn to tackle problems in a subject that was not dealt with during your training. As for schools, record cards might give them an accurate idea of the scale of specific handwriting problems that face their intake.
The idea that, by the time pupils reach secondary school there are a few magic exercises or a simple formula to cure all problems, underestimates ...