“Tasks like signing birthday cards and artwork are good to progress to once she can write her name,” adds Dr Marquardt. Before your child starts school, you may want to encourage her to hold a pen in ...

Today, I want to share an interesting lesson I picked up from my kids a couple of months ago. Kids are really interesting to be with and if we pay attention to them, we will pick lots of teachable ...

grasp and manipulate building bricks and hold pencils or crayons for mark making. Aim to be a good role model for your child. Children need to see adults writing so that they can pick up on how ...

A child with a graphomotor problem might: write only very short passages write exceptionally slowly and with great effort use an awkward pencil grip lack fluidity in cursive writing find it hard ...

Parents can work with students to do exercises suggested by a professional, paying attention to how a child is seated, how they are holding their paper and pencil, and whether they are writing ...