Occupational Therapy ajman

1. TIPS TO IMPROVE YOUR
CHILD’S
HANDWRITING

2. HAVE YOU BEEN TRYING HARD TO MAKE YOUR CHILD’S HANDWRITING
LEGIBLE? DO YOU FIND IT A TREMENDOUS TASK TO UNDERSTAND WHAT
YOUR CHILD HAS WRITTEN? NEED NOT WORRY, THERE ARE MANY
THINGS THAT YOU CAN TRY AT HOME THAT CAN IMPROVE YOUR
CHILD’S HANDWRITING OR ELSE YOU COULD CONTACT THE BEST
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY IN UAE.

3. THE VERY FIRST THING TO NOTICE IS THAT WRITING IS NOT A SIMPLE
TASK AS IT SEEMS. PEOPLE MIGHT THINK WHAT IS SO COMPLICATED, IT IS
JUST A PEN OR PENCIL ON PAPER? THE REALITY IS IT IS MUCH MORE
THAN THAT!

4. IT IS IN FACT MULTI-TASKING, WHERE LOTS OF BODY PARTS ARE
INVOLVED. TO BEGIN WITH, A PERSON HAS TO THINK ABOUT WHAT TO
WRITE AND THE LETTERS WOULD FORM THE SHAPES, THEN HAND MUSCLES
HAVE TO START MOVING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT SHAPING THE RESPECTIVE
LETTERS ONE AT A TIME, ALL THROUGH WRITING EYES FOLLOW EACH
WORD AND MOVEMENT OF THE HANDS.
IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH ALL THE AFOREMENTIONED PROCESSES,
CHILDREN MUST HAVE GOOD FINE MOTOR SKILLS. IT IS WHAT OUR PRIME
FOCUS SHOULD BE.

5. HERE ARE SOME OF THE WAYS THROUGH WHICH YOU CAN IMPROVE
YOUR CHILD’S HANDWRITING SKILLS:
O HAND STRENGTHENING ACTIVITIES
AS WE HAVE ALREADY DISCUSSED, HANDWRITING REQUIRES ACCURATE
FINE MOTOR SKILLS WHICH CAN BE DEVELOPED THROUGH CERTAIN
HAND STRENGTHENING ACTIVITIES. SOME OF THE BEST ONES INCLUDE
THE RUBBER BAND ACTIVITY, WHERE CHILDREN ARE ASKED TO PUSH
AND PULL RUBBER BANDS THAT WOULD STRENGTHEN THEIR FINGERS,
AND THE CLAY ACTIVITY, WHERE CHILDREN ARE GIVEN CLAY OR EVEN
FLOUR DOUGH WHERE THEY CAN ROLL RANDOM SHAPES WITH THEIR
HAND MUSCLES.

6. MODIFY THEIR PENCIL GRASP, SEATING POSTURE ETC.
YES, GOOD HANDWRITING INCLUDES HOW THE PENCIL OR PEN IS HELD
IN HAND AND HOW THE CHILD IS SEATING. THUS, IT IS VERY RELEVANT
THAT ONE MUST HELP CHILDREN TO SIT COMFORTABLY IN THE CORRECT
POSTURE, THAT IS, SIT STRAIGHT ON THE FLOOR OR ON A CHAIR WITH
THEIR BODIES STRAIGHT WITHOUT LEANING OR HUNCHING FORWARD.

7. CREATE A HAPPY ENVIRONMENT
AN ENCOURAGING AND MOTIVATING ENVIRONMENT CAN LARGELY HELP
CHILDREN IN THEIR INTELLECTUAL, SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL
GROWTH. PARENTS MUST CREATE A HAPPY AND COMFORTABLE
ENVIRONMENT WITHIN THE HOME AND ENCOURAGE CHILDREN TO TRY
NEW THINGS. NEVER DISCOURAGE THEM IF THEY COMMIT SMALL
ERRORS, INSTEAD MOTIVATE THEM TO TRY HARDER. PROVIDED GOOD
SPACE AND CONSTANT WRITING PRACTICES, CHILDREN CAN IMPROVE
THEIR HANDWRITING SKILLS.

8. ENSURE REGULAR PRACTICE
JUST LIKE THE OLD PHRASE “PRACTICE MAKES A MAN PERFECT”,
CHILDREN MUST BE ENCOURAGED TO INVEST SOME TIME IN WRITING ON A
DAILY BASIS. IN THE BEGINNING STAGES, PARENTS CAN SUPPORT THEM AND
RECTIFY THE MISTAKES SO THAT AFTER SOME TIME THEY DEVELOP LEGIBLE
HANDWRITING WITH PROPER SPACING BETWEEN LETTERS, WORDS, LINES
ETC.

9. BETWEEN PARENTS AND THEIR CHILDREN, EVERY MOMENT CAN BE MADE A
SCENARIO FOR TEACHING-LEARNING. A SANDY BEACH, A DUSTY VEHICLE
GLASS ETC. CAN BE EASILY MADE AS A SLATE FOR CHILDREN TO WRITE
EVEN IN THEIR LEISURE TIME. EVEN AFTER DOING ALL THESE IF YOUR
CHILD IS UNABLE TO WRITE IN A LEGIBLE MANNER, YOU MIGHT NEED
THE HELP OF THE BEST OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY IN SHARJAH.

10. THANK YOU