Writing Skills

Proper Posture When Writing on a Table Top

• Feet flat on the floor 
• Sit upright in chair
• Paper stabilized by nonwriting hand

Letter Formation

• Encourage to always write letters from the top to bottom.  Forming letters from the bottom up is slow and inefficient, and will lead to poor handwriting. 

Spacing

• Use a post it page marker (reuse same post it) after each word to create an appropriate space before beginning the next word.
• There are many types of writing paper. Be sure to check with your child’s therapist on the best type of paper or strategy for your child

Letter and word placement

• Draw a green line along the left margin of the paper and a red line on the right to signal where to “start” and “stop.”
• If your child has difficulty writing on the line, darken the baseline with a marker.
• Use a highlighter to indicate where to write between lines.