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Handwriting – is method crucial?
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We have started some handwriting/copywork instruction. I have a basic ZB style book we are working through for each letter/number and doing some copywork. In the book they teach the strokes in certain directions and certain orders. Is this imperative? On some of the letters my son wants to start at the bottom rather than the top and do them in different orders. I don’t doubt that they have a reason for the way they teach it but I have to admit that when I form my letters (I think I was taught this same way and I have good handwriting) that I don’t follow that same sequence. Does it matter as long as it looks nice? Will not doing it their way make it harder learning cursive later?
For what it’s worth, I make my letters “incorrectly” and I hold my pencil “wrong.” My kids write differently than I do, but they have some “incorrect” methods as well. Oh, and my husband writes some of his letters in a way that seems “backward” to me. But on paper, all of us have nice handwriting, it’s legible, we can write without getting tired….so in my opinion, I wouldn’t sweat it. I would go for legibility, neatness, and no tears.
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