When to Start the Handwriting Improvement Journey?

It’s impossible to forget your baby’s first doodle when they are handed a crayon. It’s a cherished memory and, at times, even framed as a precious souvenir. Though those doodles mean little, giving your toddler a chance to doodle, draw, and sketch during the early years builds their fine motor skills, teaches them to use their hand and wrist muscles, and, in due course, improves dexterity. As parents, pride overwhelms us, and we care little about how ‘meaningless’ those doodles are.

Fast forward to a few years later, when children begin school, and we’ll see that parents can no longer remain oblivious to the meaningless doodles—especially not when the schoolteacher blatantly points out your child’s handwriting errors to you. There is a lucky minority category which includes the few children who instinctually pick up good handwriting either from their parents or from teachers.

Now, not all parents are handwriting experts and find themselves facing a dead end. Many parents resort to severe handwriting enhancement methods that make children rather dislike the idea of handwriting. Typically, the first technique parents resort to is a cursive handwriting book. If you have ever tried this method, you will be quick to agree that cursive-writing books are more closure-and-completion oriented than improvement-focused. Furthermore, not all children enjoy such solitary work and often shun this burdensome task.

At Classcapades, we acknowledge this challenge and offer a structured handwriting improvement course for kids under the guidance of one of our founders, Ms Lovena Mayekar, who has nearly two decades of experience in the field of handwriting and has also authored books on the subject of early-age handwriting development.

Here are a few striking aspects of our handwriting course:

• The course focuses on the vital finer factors like letter size, line adherence, instrument grip, letter connections and proportions, writing speed, and much more.
• Most kids prefer to use their right hands when they write and draw. However, some kids decide to use their left hands. It is absolutely alright, and there’s no need for children to switch hands when they choose to write with their left hand. The classcapades handwriting course is equipped to help children with both right-handed and left-handed dexterity.
• We know that handwriting is not a one-size-fits-all skill. At Classcapades, the programme is customised for each child’s needs. We offer both cursives as well as print-style courses.
• A USP of our handwriting enhancement course is that children enjoy it. We ensure this by breaking the monotony and allowing for engaging and motivating interaction in a group setup.
• The programme works on the principle of habit breaking and new habit formation.
• The programme provides maintenance strategies for children to stick to the newly formed writing style.
• If you are looking for a handwriting course for your child, Classcapades has all the handwriting expertise you seek.

The handwriting enhancement programme is conducted only during children’s school vacations. Follow us on our social media pages to get updates about our upcoming batches.

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