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Check out The Handwriting Book, written by a team of ten pediatric Occupational and Physical Therapists. Handwriting and Middle School Part 1. So many parents lose hope for improving their childs handwriting after elementary school. It definitely can seem hopeless at times. How do you change a habit that has been developed over so many years Theres always the old kids dont need to write anymore, they can just type. But seriously, thats not realistic. Everyone needs to be able to write legibly. Even if its a quick note, a shopping list, an address. How many times do you just need to jot something down A lot. Working in a middle school, I learned many different tips and tricks for improving legibility. So Ive decide to share them with you. A lot.   Working in a middle school, I learned many different tips and tricks for improving legibility. So Ive decide to share them with you. Please believe me there IS hope for improving legibility after elementary school. I swear.  Pencil Grip Forget about it It is very, very hard to change a poor pencil grip after the first grade. On top of that,  it gets harder each year after first grade. By middle school, it is practically impossible. The only way to change a childs grip after the firstsecond grade is if the child is willing and motivated. If not, you really have to consider if its worth the fight. I am a huge advocate for correcting grip and pencil habits in little ones because I have seen the repercussions of neglect. Its bad. Children who dont hold their pencil correctly are sometimes using the wrong muscles to write. When you are writing, the thumb should be doing most of the work. If you notice that the thumb isnt even moving or bending at all, it isnt doing any of the work. Some kids are able to compensate by having the other fingers move the pencil. Others worst case scenario are still relying on their wrist and shoulder because they havent developed shoulder stability. This habit should be gone by the end of kindergarten. So. back to middle school and handwriting. The problem with a middle schooler who is using larger muscles whole arm and wrist to write is that it is extremely tiring. Think about how hard it is to hold your arms up in the air in a T for a whole minute. This is how your middle schooler feels. Now add common core and all the writing. Yikes. The result One word answers, the shortest sentences possible, and no data in your Document Based Questions DBQS. Middle schoolers are expected to back up their answers with text based evidence. This means detail, information, and in other words effort. Can you put forth effort and motivation when you are exhausted Me neither. Middle School and Handwriting What to doAs I said before, if your child isnt motivated or willing or bribable to change their grip, it probably wont happen. They will find ways to compensate in life down the road, which is good news. As an Assistive Technology professional I think its great that children have access to computers, Ipads, smartphones, etc. As a Handwriting Specialist, it makes me worried. In life, you need to be able to jot a note, make a list, etc. Buttechnology is the wave of the future, and you better get on board or be left in the dust. That is my two sides fighting with each other. WHen they arent MotivatedSo if they arent motivated, and they arent giving their best work because that involves too much writing, find another way. Let them type their essays notice I said, let THEM type. I know that parents are only trying to help, but kids need to do as much for themselves as possible. First, even if they are only using one hand or one finger they are gaining keyboard awareness. Trust me, in a few years, they will be moving much faster. Second, typing is awesome fine motor work. If they are using more than one hand or one finger, they are developing the ability to move one finger at a time This would have been developed in Kindergarten if they had been holding their pencil properly. Oh well. If your child truly isnt capable of typing all their work, make a deal. Set the timer for ten minutes and have them type. It doesnt matter if they type one sentence. Then you can help and type the rest. Next week eleven minutes. You get the picture. When They ARE MotivatedIf they are motivated and willing,  have them use a slantboard to write on. This will put their wrist in extension bent upward, which promotes finger movement. You can give them a pencil grip if they are willing to use it. Sometimes kids will use it because it is novel and anything new is cool. Awesome.  If that is the case with your kid, change the color of the grip every week to keep them motivated. It will take a few months before they can begin to break their pencil grasp habit. Many children get frustrated because using a slantboard andor a grip takes longer. This is because they are using smaller muscles, making more precise movements. Sometimes this makes messier handwriting at first because these tiny hand muscles arent used to writing. However, sometimes it leads to neater handwriting because your Speedy Gonzalez who hates writing and just wants to be done needs to slow down in order to get anything on the paper. You know your child. You need to pick your battles and focus on what is really important. But my advice is to really try. With a motivated kid, amazing things can happen. If they are really trying and get tired, give them a break and go back to it. Thats ok. They are training for a marathon. It takes time to gain endurance. Letter formation is there hope in Middle School Not really. This is another reason why I am such an advocate for proper handwriting instruction for preschool and kindergarten. I once had a kindergarten teacher say to me but its kindergarten. This was because I was letting a childs mom know that the child was making the lowercase letter a incorrectly and to please remind her at home. This sounds so type A of me. However, it is part of my job to try to get parents to follow through with what the teachers are teaching all day long. Many parents have absolutely no idea if their child is forming letters correctly. Thats Ok they have an OT in the building who will gladly keep them posted. In my defense,  the child had two lowercase as Anabella in her name. She had already been doing the letter in class and in her workbook with her classmates. Plus writing it ten times a day on the top of her worksheets. Is it a big deal No. Is it correct No. If a child isnt corrected and taught the correct formation, thats it. They will not magically wake up in the sixth grade and write this letter differently. In fairness, the kindergarten teacher had been in kindergarten land for a long time, and has probably never seen the ramifications down the road of letting little things slide. Who cares Good question. If I can read it when she is in the sixth grade, I dont care. But, if that child is now so comfortable that she is writing quickly and her letter a  looks like an  o l,  then I care This will impact her on a spelling test, job interview forms, writing an address on an envelope, etc. So, I will make the effort to let a parent know if their 5 year old child needs a little practice with something. Some habits are really tough to break. Of course, Kindergarten used  to be all about reading, writing, and arithmetic. That was before Common Core. The writing part has definitely slipped in the ranksSo how do you make it easier to read So here is the good news. There is still hope. I worked with Middle School Special Ed Children for about five years. Most of them had classifications of Learning Disabled, Speech and Language Impairments,  and Other Health Impaired. Many of them had very poor handwriting. Most of them did want neater writing, but really disliked writing because it was hard. How to Use Handwriting Input on Windows 1. Windows 1. 0s handwriting keyboard allows you to enter text into any application with a pen or other stylus. It even works on old desktop applications. This feature is separate from the Windows Ink Workspace, which directs you to applications with special support for pen input. The handwriting keyboard allows you to use a stylus in any application. Finding the Handwriting Keyboard. This feature is built into Windows 1. To open it, tap the touch keyboard icon next to the clock on your taskbar. If you dont see the keyboard icon on your taskbar, right click or long press on your taskbar and enable the Show touch keyboard button option in the context menu. Tap the keyboard button at the bottom right corner of the touch keyboard. Tap the handwriting keyboard icon, which looks like a pen over an empty panel. The handwriting input keyboard appears. By default, it spans the entire width of your display. To shrink it, tap the Undock button to the left of the x on the top right corner of the panel. Touch the title bar of the panel with your stylus or finger to drag it around your screen and position it wherever you want it. Once you switch to the handwriting input panel, it will automatically appear whenever you tap or click the keyboard icon on your taskbar. Youll need to tap the keyboard button at the bottom of the touch input keyboard to select the default touch keyboard if you want to use it. Writing With the Handwriting Keyboard. You can input text in any application with a text input field. For example, well be using Notepad here, but you can do this in any traditional desktop program or new Windows 1. With the text field focused, write a word on the handwriting panel with your pen. Windows will automatically detect the word youre writing. Tap the space button on the right side of the panel with your stylus and Windows will enter the word into the text field you have focused. Just write a word, tap the Space or Enter button on the panel, write the next word, and continue. Windows should automatically detect the correct word if your handwriting is clear. If Windows doesnt automatically detect the word youre writing, tap it on the suggestion bar. If you need to erase the previous word or a few letters, tap the backspace button at the right side of the panel. You can tap in the text field with your stylus to re position the cursor or select text. Handwriting Options. 3D Style Pack Wondershare Serial No. Youll find a few options for configuring how your pen works at Settings Devices Pen Windows Ink. For example, the Show the handwriting panel when note in tablet mode and theres no keyboard attached option makes it easier to access the handwriting input panel on tablets with a stylus. When youre using a tablet device with no physical keyboard attached and youre in desktop mode not tablet mode, Windows will automatically open the handwriting panel. Direct Pen Input. Some applications support direct pen input. For example, you can open the One. Note or Sticky Notes applications included with Windows 1. Use the Windows Ink Workspace to find more applications that support pen input. The handwriting input panel can be useful even in applications that allow you to write directly with a stylus. For example, Microsoft Edge allows you to take notes on web pages and save your notes. Just tap the pen shaped Make a Web Note icon on Edges toolbar. However, Edges pen support doesnt actually allow you to enter text into web pages. To do this, youll need to focus a text field in Microsoft Edge and open the handwriting keyboard. Privacy. By default, Microsoft automatically collects information about your handwriting input to better understand your writing and improve its recognition of your text. You can change this setting if you like. Head to Settings Privacy Speech, inking, typing. Click Stop getting to know me to stop Microsoft from collecting this data.