{"id":1091,"date":"2021-01-25T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-25T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/?p=1091"},"modified":"2023-06-07T11:25:30","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T02:25:30","slug":"do-we-need-to-teach-handwriting-these-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/index.php\/2021\/01\/25\/do-we-need-to-teach-handwriting-these-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Do we need to teach handwriting these days?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Most of the writing we do these days, from emails to reports to tweets, is on a keyboard. It can seem intuitive to also start with the keyboard when teaching a child to write. Typing looks so much easier to do than handwrite. Just think of a child\u2019s clumsy movements with a pen.

Handwriting however supports reading and writing skills in a way that typing does not. Typing on a keyboard is simple letter or character identification. It is the same kind of practice as asking a child to point to a letter on a paper or draw a letter card from a deck. Handwriting also requires making the movement to write a letter or character stroke. These hand movements are important for learning to recognize letters and characters in the first place. So, learning to handwrite will help a child learn to read, and to type!

Handwriting is just one additional way to reinforce letter or character learning. Handwriting, however, can be quite difficult (see Can reading be taught through movement?<\/a>). This is especially true for very young children and children with motor difficulties, like dyspraxia. It is best to complement diverse kinds of writing practice, and remember that there isn\u2019t just one way to learn to write!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The scientific sources for our comic\uff1a<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Longcamp, M., Zerbato-Poudou, M. T., & Velay, J. L. (2005). The influence of writing practice on letter recognition in preschool children: A comparison between handwriting and typing. Acta psychologica<\/em>, 119(1), 67-79.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bonneton-Bott\u00e9, N., Guilbert, J., & Bara, F. (2019). L\u2019\u00e9criture manuscrite: un apprentissage moteur sp\u00e9cifique. ANAE-Approche Neuropsychologique des Apprentissages Chez L’enfant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bara, F., & Bonneton-Bott\u00e9, N. (2018). Learning letters with the whole body: Visuomotor versus visual teaching in kindergarten. Perceptual and Motor Skills<\/em>, 125<\/em>(1), 190-207.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In collaboration with Dr Jessica Guilbert<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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