Enjoy!
Rhonda & the Bridgeway team
By Melissa Gibbons
I’m often asked “when should the
student abandon handwriting and turn to typing instead”? The answer is an
emphatic NEVER!
Handwriting and typing should
complement each other rather than be considered as “one or the other.” Some
students with learning disabilities may never have beautiful and efficient
handwriting. That’s OK. But that does not mean that they will never be
beautiful and creative writers. Typing is a logical alternative to handwriting
for students, as there are fewer mechanical demands. While typing, the letters
are a consistent size, they all sit in a row and they don’t crowd each other.
There may come a time when the
student depends on typing assignments and notes in order to keep up in school,
but there will never be a time when the student never has to hold a pencil
again. There will be times in their lives that a computer or smart phone is not
available when they need to record information, so they need to have some
handwriting skill.
As important as handwriting is,
typing has become just as important in our tech-heavy world. Children are often
ready to learn the basics of keyboard typing by grade 3. This is when they have
automatic recall of the alphabet and can identify letters by sight. This is
also when they are ready for the fine motor requirements to use individual
fingers for key strikes. There are many different typing instructional programs
available, but not all are created equally, nor are they all appropriate for
kids. A good program
should teach the student about the “home row” keys and two handed keyboarding,
and should progress in degree of difficulty. Typing practice should take place
every day or every other day to create competence.
So until
the day that there is an app that can quickly take the thoughts directly from
my mind and print them onto the paper (a scary thought), I will keep advocating
for good old fashioned handwriting.
Melissa Gibbons OT Reg (NS)
Occupational Therapist/OwnerHands For Growth Occupational Therapy
www.handsforgrowth.ca
902-489-1847
Melissa@handsforgrowth.ca
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