Cathy Baine – handwriting – multi sensory structured
language (MSL) dyslexic and struggling learners.
Why – to develop accuracy, fluency and automaticity
and consolidate sound to symbol correspondences.
When we write it has to travel from right to left.
2 types of dyslexia –
phonological – can’t hear sounds
surface – can hear and isolate but can’t write them
writing is harder than reading
writing need to know a symbol, attach the sound the
write a word.
Muscle from middle finger to motor cortex – impt to
start large, get movement moving, get directly to motor cortex.
Chalk, big movements.
Confusions – writing - wrong image is coming
forward. Takes a while to change the
image. 130 x of writing it correctly.
Present prompt for them, a visual they can see.
Visual perception – reading confusion
Seating for handwriting – poor core strength – need to
be at table 90 degrees.
Pencil grip – 5 – 7.5.
window of time to correct.
Dynamic tripod
Two finger tripod
Point towards you = pincer grip, pick it up, lock it
in
Vivid line where they need to hold it.
Too hard – mechanical pencil – will break so they
learn to press softly.
Spacing – Mr Space man – on finger, dot, dot and a
smile.
Hand eye foot dominance – paper placement
Hand to mouth is the strongest sign. Quickly pick one up
Foot dominance – gentle push to see which foot first
Eye dominance –
Handwriting:
Need to teach letter and sound together.
Need to teach pure sound. Not a/apple/ah
Scaffold – help them with what’s needed.
Sparklebox – letter formation resources.
Green dot red dot.
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