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: 1/22/2007 3:16:00 PM Author: Cindy C (clancariens@comcast.net) Subject: Pencil grip My son, who was a special ed preschooler, was tought to write on a vertical surface -- specifically a white board, but really any will do. He started off with a fist - grip on the marker, but found that position very awkward with the vertical board. Very naturally he adjusted his hand to make himself more comfortable holding the marker and making more solid marks on the board. He was never shown "hold it this way". He never traced a letter to learn how to make it -- he just committed it to muscle memory. He is a kindergartner now and his handwriting is better than my second graders (who learned on worksheets with lines and tracing.) Good luck to you! Name: Email: Subject

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