handwriting help...please

[charmama4]

I have a 6 1/2 yo dd. She is finishing up her 1st ZB at the moment. She does 2 pages a day. For some reason I have this expectation that her writing should be perfect. I do ask her to slow it down, be more careful and so on.

 

I have this terrible fear that her penmanship will look like her previously PS'ed brothers which is just awful. Am I expecting to much? I don't want to burn her out on handwriting but it would be nice to be able to read her writing, ya know?

 

Any suggestions from seasoned handwriting specialists :D ?

[misidawnrn]

I am not a specialist by any means...my handwriting wants to be a doctors penmanship when it grows up:lol: but...I have a 6 1/2 girl and if I say "I want to see your best handwriting" she will do a good job (for her age) and I notice when she is at her dad's for 2 days a week her work comes back hideous! Obviously not getting supervision there (that is a whole other topic)

 

Practice practice practice but make it fun. Have her copy a fun poem, something out of Dr. Suess, the Bible, a fav book etc. Have her recopy your grocery list, a business card you get or even the sunday comics. She will get better.

[charmama4]

Thank you, what creative ideas.

[Tracy]

Charlotte Mason philosophy would dictate that a child should do her very best, even if it is only one word, or even one letter. I have found this to work very well with my dd. She is only 5yo, so I don't give her anything that she cannot complete beautifully in about 5-10 minutes. I also try to use sentence from her favorite literature, as well as poetry and scripture that she is memorizing.