{"id":491,"date":"2020-04-01T14:24:51","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T14:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/learningatmoorfootprimary\/?page_id=491"},"modified":"2020-04-14T14:43:57","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T14:43:57","slug":"handwriting-at-home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/learningatmoorfootprimary\/handwriting-at-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Handwriting At Home"},"content":{"rendered":"

At nursery to P3 we focus on forming the letters and words we have learned. At P3 to P7 we teach our pupils cursive handwriting.<\/p>\n

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For pupils who are struggling with finger grip, forming letters we recommend our nursery’s video\u00a0\u00a0Finger Gym .\u00a0<\/a>Alternatively try Dough Disc<\/a>o and Crocodile Snap<\/a> on YouTube to practise those finger movements. This video<\/a> helps with the understanding of progression of pencil grip and also using different activities to improve those fine motor skills, e.g. using clothes pegs, tweezers – find more here.<\/a><\/p>\n

We also recommend different techniques to support finger grip:\u00a0 Sing a song together: One finger, One Thumb can be changed to these lyrics: “one finger, one thumb, tuck under” to encourage the middle finger to support the pencil. Another popular trick is the nip, flip and grip<\/a> technique.\u00a0\u00a0Oxford Owl Handwriting<\/a> includes video clips of warming up your fingers and ways to make handwriting fun.<\/p>\n

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Teach Handwriting\u00a0 \u00a0<\/a>has lots of different activities and workheets to practise your formations.<\/p>\n

Thank you to Mrs Quigley for this excellent video showing how we form each cursive letter.<\/p>\n