Thursday, December 16, 2010

handwriting without tears

my first son, hazeem has a neat handwriting --- when he is calm and confident.
all the alphabets are in order and in the right sizes.

sometimes, they don't... and sometimes it would be VERY difficult for him to even write an alphabet. macam benda tu tak penah ditulis before this.

aku konpius.

anak aku ni kurang konfiden ke?
takut buat silap ke?

so i asked the kindy teacher, and the answer was quite similar to my guessing.
maybe my son is too scared to make mistakes, he becomes too scare to even try. but over some time, we change our approach and the teacher also plays a big part in building his confidence. sekarang dah nampak dia konfiden menulis. dan better in reading too.

then aku jumpa satu website ni, Handwriting Without Tears, and let me quote...


There is a great deal of talk about education standards in grades K-12 today. Handwriting fluency is fundamental to all areas of elementary education, because children think and write at the same time.
When we teach children to write, we also teach them to express themselves. If they struggle with their letters, their ability to express themselves will suffer. Spelling and math will also be affected

and i find their techniques are quite easy and sangat2 menariks!

just go to their website and see what i mean. hope it will do good to you as it does to me :D

2 comments:

Unknown said...

very useful information. I've same experienced with Emir...

ja amran said...

raiha, aku rasa anak jantan ni imaginasi terlalu berleluasa. so takleh nak focus utk membaca or menulis.mesti nak design somethg, create somethg and macam 'interest' anak no 2 aku --- destroying somethg (hahahahhaa!!!)