tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9200808769555430311.post7093450283961327049..comments2024-03-22T17:41:31.183+11:00Comments on Literacy, families and learning: How HANDwriting feeds Language, Literacy, Learning & CreativityTrevor Cairneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10743409298855125040noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9200808769555430311.post-51239303610709392612018-02-12T03:35:53.977+11:002018-02-12T03:35:53.977+11:00I am currently taking an issues in literacy class ...I am currently taking an issues in literacy class while pursuing my masters degree in special education. This week we were discussing critical literacy and while learning ways to incorporate this, I came across an article about using blogs. I liked this idea of allowing students to post to blogs to allow them to be more open in their responses about subjects. While I agree with using technology in writing, I also agree students should do both. They still need to practice handwriting skills. Being an elementary special education teacher and a mom of a 3 year old. Many of my students and my son are still in the scribble stage of writing. They will scribble on paper and then tell me what it is and usually will draw a picture with it. While my son is obsessed with the ipad and he uses writing apps that he traces letters with his fingers, I still have him use paper and crayons too so that he develops those skills. My students usually receive occupational therapy to increase their fine motor skills and our OT uses a lot of role playing while teaching them handwriting. Like you mentioned with your grandson playing post man, my students did the same thing. They also pretended to be policeman and they would write tickets. They loved these games and so they didn't mind practicing handwriting which can be boring. It is the teachers responsibility to make handwriting fun so the students want to learn to write. Writers workshop is a good tool to use in classrooms and daily journals. Students can draw pictures and write words, sentences, etc in their journals and the teachers can keep it for data and to show progress. Anna Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10191483373470290832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9200808769555430311.post-62017934133449736312018-02-12T03:23:15.755+11:002018-02-12T03:23:15.755+11:00I am currently taking an issues in literacy class ...I am currently taking an issues in literacy class while pursuing my masters in special education and this week, we are discussing critical literacy. I read an article about using blogs in classes can be helpful so allow students to be more open in their responses to literacy. While I agree with this, I also agree that we should still incorporate paper-pencil work. Being an elementary school teacher and a mom to a 3 year old, I agree that it is very important to still teach handwriting and allow kids to develop those skills. My son is obsessed with the Ipad and playing ABC Mouse where he does trace letters with his finger but he still like to "write" and "draw" with crayons and paper. He is now writing scribbles and can tell me what he wrote and he will draw a picture to go with it. There is no correct letter formations at this point but he is developing those skills. As a special education teacher, many of my students received occupational therapy and she use to play games such a mailman and police officer. She would get her students to write letters or tickets to people to work on their handwriting. Many of these students had fine motor issues so they needed help with holding pencils correctly and forming letters. By playing the games, it was fun to them rather than just practice writing letters over and over. I do agree that it may not be as important to have daily handwriting lessons in school these days but incorporate writing journals to allow the students to practice their writing skills. Writers workshop is an awesome curriculum to allow students to express their thoughts and practice writing skills. As teachers, writing can be fun if you make it fun for the students.Anna Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10191483373470290832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9200808769555430311.post-57098166439721546692015-12-23T05:20:20.179+11:002015-12-23T05:20:20.179+11:00Why do doctors have bad handwriting?
How To Improv...Why do doctors have bad handwriting?<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HmDX8hfSx0" rel="nofollow">How To Improve Handwriting</a>Rose Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04080536952744694488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9200808769555430311.post-41164249886179210722013-12-12T16:17:27.949+11:002013-12-12T16:17:27.949+11:00Sure — I meant to query the association of handwri...Sure — I meant to query the association of handwriting exclusively with cursive.KateGladstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07062492442607584456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9200808769555430311.post-39130025359366797912013-12-12T16:11:51.152+11:002013-12-12T16:11:51.152+11:00Thanks for your comment Kate, but to be honest, th...Thanks for your comment Kate, but to be honest, the links you provide seem concerned with cursive and handwriting as ends in themselves. My point was that handwriting (while of some worth in its own right) has an important and close relationship to writing (i.e. composition), literacy and learning. Trevor Cairneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10743409298855125040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9200808769555430311.post-79114138278584339742013-12-10T13:27:39.905+11:002013-12-10T13:27:39.905+11:00Trevor — did the American Handwriting Analysis Fou...Trevor — did the American Handwriting Analysis Foundation ever dare to respond to your accurate comment about their comment's inaccuracy?<br /><br />For what it's worth, here are other (and, I believe) accurate informational sites on handwriting and how to better it: http://www.BFHhandwriting.com, http://www.handwritingsuccess.com, http://www.briem.net, http://www.HandwritingThatWorks.com, http://www.italic-handwriting.org, http://www.studioarts.net/calligraphy/italic/hwlesson.html KateGladstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07062492442607584456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9200808769555430311.post-63920075747114192762013-02-18T23:10:52.517+11:002013-02-18T23:10:52.517+11:00Excellent article. We have been encouraging our ch...Excellent article. We have been encouraging our child to scribble/draw and write more because we have noticed that she is spending more and more time with tech gadgets. Lei @ Pofuffhttp://www.pofuff.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9200808769555430311.post-84424720962712986612012-12-11T21:34:11.654+11:002012-12-11T21:34:11.654+11:00Thanks for the comments everyone. Of course Kate i...Thanks for the comments everyone. Of course Kate is quite right, my post had little to do with cursive. While there are still benefits in children learning to write cursive (I'm not fussed on how), my post was saying MUCH more than this. Glad you got what I was on about Kate. TrevorTrevor Cairneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10743409298855125040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9200808769555430311.post-88727288890255992172012-12-11T19:08:41.324+11:002012-12-11T19:08:41.324+11:00Re the comment by "American Handwriting Analy...Re the comment by "American Handwriting Analysis Foundation" — Exactly how is the article on this page (which never mentions cursive, never even depicts cursive) describable as "spreading the word about why cursivehwg is so important"?<br />KateGladstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07062492442607584456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9200808769555430311.post-3814105958560865812012-12-07T16:13:02.648+11:002012-12-07T16:13:02.648+11:00GREAT blog and reminded me that yesterday a new bo...GREAT blog and reminded me that yesterday a new book came out called "Teach It Write...Now" by Treyce Montoya. You can view it at www.e-junkie.com/handwriting (ebooks) or http://www.lulu.com/shop/search.ep?contributorId=805275 for paperback until it's available in retail like her other ones.<br /><br />Dennis R., Cincinnati, OH Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9200808769555430311.post-32065587892671119762012-12-07T15:34:04.979+11:002012-12-07T15:34:04.979+11:00Thanks for your important contribution, which I wo...Thanks for your important contribution, which I would like to link to www.campaignforcursive.blogspot.com This blog is sponsored by the American Handwriting Analysis Foundation, and we are looking for partners like you, who are already spreading the word about why cursive handwriting is so important.Sheila Lowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02444737798319597136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9200808769555430311.post-79869970197976906192012-12-07T14:36:34.946+11:002012-12-07T14:36:34.946+11:00Thanks for your excellent, well-written article. ...Thanks for your excellent, well-written article. Handwriting improves academic success and is a valuable life-long skill. <br /><br />Iris Hatfield, Handwriting Coach<br />Author, New American Cursive<br />Penmanship Program<br />www.NewAmericanCursive.comIrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08823746550059162563noreply@blogger.com