Advice on helping a boy to improve his handwriting?

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MissDorkness
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03 Nov 2014, 11:13 am

Fatal-Noogie wrote:
izzeme wrote:
perhaps calligraphy lessons can help. he will likely not become good enough to actually pass the class
Most art classes are graded on effort, so we shouldn't assume that he wouldn't pass. Besides, I have poor handwriting, and I've received lots of critical advice on my watercolor technique, but nobody has criticized the steadiness of my brush strokes. Just because someone is clumsy at particular hand-eye coordinated tasks doesn't mean they're clumsy at all such tasks. He might make a good calligrapher.


I have terrible handwriting, but, I did quite well at calligraphy. My handwriting improved also after taking drafting classes in high school. The all caps seems to be easier for me than the camel case.



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03 Nov 2014, 11:15 am

My handwriting has always been on the verge of "barely legible."

Until the age of 7 or so, I couldn't write in a straight line at all. I would write sentences with each word on different levels.

I couldn't write at all until age 6. Before that, I would pretend to write in "scribble-scrabble."