Suitable Method for Teaching Handwriting

Suitable Method for Teaching Handwriting
Here are the tips for Teaching Handwriting
Tip 1: Teach Lowercase Letters First
Lowercase letters comprise more than 90% of all that we read and write. Uppercase or capital letters are only used at the beginning of sentences and with proper nouns. Teaching lowercase letters first provides students with the most vital information they need to be successful in learning to read and write. Once students have mastered the lowercase letters, they should be taught how to write the capital letters and how to use them properly .
Once students have mastered the lowercase letters, they should be taught how to write the capital letters as well as their proper usage. Introduce the phonograms by showing the lowercase phonograms in book-face and telling students the sound(s) said by the phonogram. (The Logic of English® Phonogram Flash Cards are all printed using a standard book-face font.) Then introduce how to write the phonogram and show students how it appears when handwritten .
Tip 2: Teach Handwriting from the Beginning
As soon as students are shown the phonogram in bookface, they should be taught how to write the phonogram, preferably in cursive .
One of the greatest misconceptions about teaching reading is that students should not be taught to write until they have learned to read. This argument is based upon two misunderstandings about
writing. First, educators often fail to recognize that writing is the natural kinesthetic experience of the phonogram. Feeling how the letter is shaped is a necessary component to mastering the shape. This is especially true for kinesthetic learners .
Second, many educators argue that it is best to separate the teaching of writing from reading because many young children do not have well developed fine-motor skills. Writing, though, is best taught to all students beginning with large-motor movements. Students should be taught how to form the letters using movements that originate from the elbow, not the fingers. Movements from the elbow are simpler to control. When the large-motor patterns are mastered, the transition to fine-motor skill will be much easier. Many students who struggle with handwriting do not understand how the letters are shaped; this is partly due to the fact that they have not developed the muscle memory for the sequence of strokes necessary for writing .