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Hello everyone,

Do any of you correct a child's penmanship (like letter or number formation)? I have a child who is coming to my 1st grade class whose handwriting has much to be desired - her numbers/letters are upside down/flipped & somewhat illegible. Her primary teacher would never correct her children for fear of stifling their desire.

I believe one shouldn't correct children's natural learning tendencies especially when they are 3 or 4. But how about a 6 year old? Shouldn't she have been encouraged to write properly by now?

Or is this entirely non-Montessori-like?

Thanks.
Mary On 8/21/09, CS wrote: > Hello everyone, > > Do any of you correct a child's penmanship (like letter or > number formation)? I have a child who is coming to my 1st > grade class whose handwriting has much to be desired - her > numbers/letters are upside down/flipped & somewhat > illegible. Her primary teacher would never cor...See More
Aug 21, 2009
CS Hi CS - I definitely encourage good penmanship with the 3rd > year children - but then again they have usually been through > the progression of materials that prepare for the writing > exercises and alot of repetition with chalkboards and > sandtrays before writing on paper. Then ALL the writing > exercises perfect this skill - most...See More
Aug 22, 2009
maureen CS: This is an interesting topic as I have heard for many years now that Montessori "graduates" that enter first grade in the local public schools have a reputation for poor handwriting skills. My own granddaughter has been in my class for four years now and she STILL tends to form her letters and numbers from bottom up despite her work with all th...See More
Aug 22, 2009


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