HAND LETTERING > HANDWRITING IMPROVEMENT
Good Handwriting is critically important as a foundational aspect of language and literacy, Numerous researchers have proven that structured handwriting instruction leads to improved academic success and overall self-esteem. Learning handwriting has a greater impact on brain development, especially the areas of the brain related to literacy development. Studies have concluded that students who took notes by hand rather than on a computer were shown to have better comprehension and more sustained attention during discussion of texts and concepts.
Earlier the children master handwriting skills, the better they will do academically because difficulties with handwriting can negatively impact their grades in higher classes. Despite this fact, schools find it difficult to ensure that there is adequate time for handwriting instruction and thus a great percentage of school students struggle with their handwriting.
But, what are the characteristics of a good handwriting ? Wiki P. does a decent job of summarizing it, as listed below:
• specific shape of letters, e.g. their roundness or sharpness
• regular or irregular spacing between letters.
• the slope of the letters
• the rhythmic repetition of the elements or arrhythmia
• the pressure to the paper
• the average size of letters
• the thickness of letters
Here are some general tips to improve your handwriting :
Tip 1 - Learn Correct Pen Grip
Tip 2 - Use Wrist and Arm
Tip 2 - Maintain Good Posture
Tip 3. - Take Your Time to Improve Penmanship
Tip 4.- Use Lined Paper
Tip 5. - Use Proper Spacing to Write Neatly
Tip 6. - Practice Each Letter of the Alphabet
Tip 7. - Stick With One Style of Handwriting
Tip 8. - Slow down
Tip 9. - Get Inspired By Pretty Handwriting
Tip 10. - Use a Nice Pen
Tip 11. - Let yourself doodle
Tip 12 - Copy handwriting we like
Tip 13. - Start a journal
Tip 14. - Persevere
To help you to improve your Handwriting, Skillnook has added some practice sheets in FREE CLASSES. You can download the PDF files and take out the printouts for practice. These Printables will help both Kids and Adults.
