How to help at home There are lots of ways you can help your child with handwriting. What your child will learnįollow the links below for an overview of each year, with lots of information, support, and practice activities: More important than the impact handwriting has on tests, though, is how much good handwriting skills can help improve your child’s writing confidence by making the process of writing simpler and more enjoyable. Your child might also lose out on marks if assessors have difficulty reading what they have written – for example, they might not be sure if your child has spelt a word correctly or not. Having good handwriting means that your child can focus on other aspects of writing without having to worry too much about what their writing looks like. During Key Stage 2 SATs, very few marks are awarded for handwriting, but it is still important that writing is legible and accurate during tests.

The National Curriculum places emphasis on neat handwriting. However, as your child gets older, handwriting needs to be taught in a consistent way and it is important to develop good habits. At first, using any writing tools to make marks on paper is great practice. You can help by giving your child lots of opportunities to scribble, draw, and colour.

Your child will start developing the fine motor skills they need to write from a very early age.

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