Part 2 in this series on advancing handwriting, narrative writing and critical thinking with chalk will now introduce the reader to: Orthographic-integration In terms of developing skilled and efficient handwriting automaticity, and correlated creative narrative content, research undertaken by Suzanne ...

Write, erase; write, erase; write, erase. Practise, practise, practise, achieve. Repeat. Here we have the universal imperative actions of gross and fine motor skills and the power of sequence learning, which leads to robust handwriting skill efficiencies developing, with associated ...

As a young boy I always enjoyed letter writing, especially if I was writing to someone from a different culture. Their names elude me now, but I can still recall the excitement I’d feel when my pen pal’s envelope arrived ...

Remember getting your pen licence? That enshrined document among Australia’s school-going youth, marking the rite of passage from cheap scribbler to noble, professional scribe. Those endless hours spent painstakingly connecting one letter to another, sewing the alphabet into seamless elegance, ...