HDC Headlines
How Handwriting Trains the Brain
Written By Gwendolyn Bounds From The Wall Street Journal October 5, 2010
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Watch How You Hold That Crayon
Written By Peg Tyre From The New York Times February 24, 2010
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Penmanship Becoming Extinct
CNN's Susan Candiotti goes to a NY grade school trying hard to keep penmanship alive. April 24, 2010
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Handwriting: A Lost Art?
CBS Evening News, March 27, 2006
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Handwriting Making Comeback as a Skill: Lost Art Taught Again
National Post, May 31, 2006
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Teachers get child’s-eye view on difficulties of handwriting
The Columbus Dispatch, July 15, 2006
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Is Cursive Out Of Style?
CBS Evening News, March 27, 2006
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Pre-Writing Program
The Handwriting Detective Club preschool program concentrates on skills necessary for future writers, such as coloring, cutting, simple drawings and teaching letter awareness using the Handwriting Without Tears preschool program and multisensory techniques.
Difficulties addressed during preschool groups include:
- Upper body coordination and strength
- Crayon/ Marker grasp
- Shape formation
- Representational drawings (i.e. person, house, etc.)
- Scissor skills
- Uppercase letter formation (depending on the child's age and readiness skills)
- Coloring skills
