I feel similarly about handwriting. My son has a mixture of homeschool and public school experiences. The handwriting instruction was very short at school and then right away they were expected to use it to spell and write sentences in Kindergarten. My son needed more time and repetition before he could use his handwriting to express his knowledge. When he was homeschooled, I met him where he was at, moved at his pace, and made sure he could access the other subjects. When in public school, I’ve been remediating at home at his pace (mostly in summers). We also had him assessed privately which gave us some data to request accommodations & extra time. All that said, as time has gone on… his handwriting is beautiful and he now can use it as a tool to express what he has learned. We recently had a situation where we saw his handwriting in comparison with peers and I am glad we were patient and took the time to remediate, as his handwriting is functional and legible. With my younger son I taught him a whole school years worth of handwriting instruction with very thorough/best in class curriculum before entering kindergarten, so he was a functional writer before the demands of expressing knowledge through writing were placed on him. He was developmentally ready, but many kids would not be ready before kindergarten.
Yes! Absolutely. That triple demand of composition, encoding and handwriting is way too much for many dyslexic kids. They need more time and patience to get all those pieces in place.
I feel similarly about handwriting. My son has a mixture of homeschool and public school experiences. The handwriting instruction was very short at school and then right away they were expected to use it to spell and write sentences in Kindergarten. My son needed more time and repetition before he could use his handwriting to express his knowledge. When he was homeschooled, I met him where he was at, moved at his pace, and made sure he could access the other subjects. When in public school, I’ve been remediating at home at his pace (mostly in summers). We also had him assessed privately which gave us some data to request accommodations & extra time. All that said, as time has gone on… his handwriting is beautiful and he now can use it as a tool to express what he has learned. We recently had a situation where we saw his handwriting in comparison with peers and I am glad we were patient and took the time to remediate, as his handwriting is functional and legible. With my younger son I taught him a whole school years worth of handwriting instruction with very thorough/best in class curriculum before entering kindergarten, so he was a functional writer before the demands of expressing knowledge through writing were placed on him. He was developmentally ready, but many kids would not be ready before kindergarten.
Yes! Absolutely. That triple demand of composition, encoding and handwriting is way too much for many dyslexic kids. They need more time and patience to get all those pieces in place.