If your child does not hold the pen correctly, his or her hand will easily get tired, the writing speed will be slow, and after switching to a pen, the ink stains will easily get on the child's hand, making the hand look smudged every day. To end this situation, parents need to correct their children's incorrect pen-holding posture right from the first days of learning to write.
3 ways to use elastic to correct incorrect pen holding posture
Parents should use fabric elastic bands of moderate thickness so as not to squeeze their child's hands.
Method 1:
Place the elastic band around the middle finger and thumb, thread the pen from the bottom up, then roll the pen onto the band, adjusting the position in the hand socket accordingly to correct the child's incorrect pen holding posture .
Method 2:
Hang the string on the palm of your hand, place the pen body vertically on the elastic string, rotate the pen to get 2 spirals on the pen, then you can start practicing writing.
Method 3:
Create a figure 8 on the pen body
Pull one end out and then slide your hand through
Adjust the pen to the palm position and you're done.
These ways of fixing the pen to the hand with elastic can make the child's hand tired. Parents should practice with their child little by little. When their child's hand is tired, let them rest!
How to hold a pen correctly
Use 3 fingers, thumb, index, and middle of your right hand to hold the pen firmly. The tip of the index finger is about 2.5cm from the tip of the pen nib.
The edge of the hand is the fulcrum of the arm when placing the pen on the desk.
Control the pen to move with the force of your wrist and fingers to write.
When writing, press the edge of your hand firmly against the table, avoid letting your hand be too tilted or tilted, and avoid leaning on the remaining fingers to correct the wrong pen holding position.
Place the pen so that the pen and the paper form a 45 degree angle. Absolutely do not hold the pen vertically.
Move the pen from left to right and from top to bottom.
Teach your child to be gentle when moving the pen horizontally or upward to avoid getting used to pressing too hard and not being able to control the force, causing the paper to tear.
Parents should correct their children's incorrect pen holding posture as soon as possible
At the stage when children are just learning to pencil, parents should help their children sharpen their pencils to create a suitable sharp tip. If it is too sharp, it will lead to too thin handwriting, sometimes even puncturing the paper. On the contrary, if the pencil tip is too large, the writing will lose its softness and the writing will not be beautiful.
What difficulties do children have in holding a pen correctly?
When children first learn to hold a pen, their wrist strength is weak and they cannot control the pen in the direction they want, so it is very common for children to hold the pen tilted or too straight. In addition to practicing writing in class, parents should also let their children practice holding a pen at home to correct incorrect pen-holding posture .
One difficulty many children encounter when learning to write is not being able to determine where to put and stop the pen. The reason is because children don't practice much. To improve this problem, before letting your child write in a notebook, parents should practice letting them write on the board to easily determine the starting and ending points of each bit. In case the child is confused and still cannot write the letters perfectly, parents can let the child practice curved, straight and hooked strokes to become proficient before practicing writing letters.
Practicing the strokes before starting to write will help your child hold the pen more firmly
The third mistake when learning to write is that your child finds it difficult to follow each stroke with the pen. The reason may come from the fact that his or her fine motor skills are not yet perfect. Fine motor is the ability to control the fingers according to the desired activity. If your child has not been trained from a young age, he or she will find holding a pen or activities such as brushing teeth, combing hair... extremely difficult to do. .
To develop finger flexibility, parents can let their children play with clay . Squeezing, kneading, etc. will improve the motor skills of the fingers. Moreover, modeling clay also helps children create shapes in their imagination, thereby stimulating creativity. Parents can combine clay modeling, drawing and literacy to help their children learn faster. Children will also be comfortable and happy when they are not forced to study but are entertained combined with studying.
Parents can refer to the article: How to develop fine motor skills in children?
Correcting a child's incorrect pen holding posture is extremely important. The correct posture will help your child's handwriting be more beautiful, and your child will not be slow in the process of learning to write in class with their peers. Hopefully the causes and solutions we provide above will help parents find the right position for their children.
