Home Hot Topics Articles Directors' Choice Awards About Us / Contact Us Activities & Curriculum Activities for Outcome-Based Learning Arts & Crafts Music for Learning Recommended Reading Sharing Boards: What Do YOU Think? NEWSlink Current National News Conference Calendar Topics In Early Childhood Education Art and Creativity in Early Childhood Education Job Sharing Board State Licensing Requirements Stay Connected! Each month we'll send you an email filled with articles and ideas for your classroom. Subscribe Now Date: 1/19/2007 10:21:00 AM Author: Mark Medel (mmedel77@hotmail.com) Subject: how to hold a pencil Hi, I have found that concentrating on other fine motor activities is often very helpful in developing the ability to hold a writing utensil properly. One of the problems, especially with boys, is that they simply don't want to write and then they don't get much practice. If you work on the muscles in the hand rather than the specific activity of writing, you may get better results. Playdough with a variety of objects to work the dough is a crowd favorite and does a phenomenal job of developing those muscles. Older children should get modeling clay, because it is a stiffer material and requires the children to work harder at it. Hope that helps. Name: Email: Subject

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