Writing

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Hi Everyone:

Thanks to everyone that answered my question,how to teach writing.

Thanks

Sha

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I couldn't find the original post, so I'll reply here.

My son (without apraxia) had always had a terrible time with

writing, both the physical and actually thinking of words.

For the physical part, he's practiced a lot. I've heard that taking

piano can also help, but we haven't tried this. Once was in

third grade, we started typing lots of his work. At first, he would

dictate the work to me, and I would type. After a few months, he

started typing. He learned how to type using Mavis Beacon software

at school, and he's good at it (5th grade next year). Thank

goodness, starting in 4th grade the teachers really don't care what

the handwriting looks like as long as they can read it.

As for figuring out words to say, had a hard time in

kindegarten through 2nd grade. In third, he switched schools and

started a new writing curriculum. It's called Step Up To Writing.

It's very methodical. First, it teaches a simple paragraph. It uses

color strips to show the different parts of a paragraph. Yellow

strip for introduction and conclusion sentences, green for details,

and red for tell me more sentences. It really helped my son

organize his paragraphs.

For sentences, they taught him to write super sentences. They would

write a simple sentence, and then they would add descriptions around

the nouns. They called this surrounding the nouns.

had a hard time in third grade catching up, but in 4th he

breezed through the writing. Their system was very logical, and he

needed that.

My daughters started using Step Up To Writing in kindergarten. They

learned how to write simple paragraphs: intro, 3 details, and a

conclusion. In first grade they added tell me more sentences, and

super sentences. Even (with apraxia) can write good

paragraphs and sentences using this method.

Here's the website for Step Up To Writing:

www.stepuptowriting.com

Hope this helps.

Suzi

> Jeff,

> I have used HANDWRITING WITHOUT TEARS for my son with good

success. However, wihtout the lines and help spelling and spacing

he still falls apart when writing. Carol

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Lori,

I went to a school where I had teachers take the pencil out of my hand and make

me hold it their way. That was 35 years ago. You would think things would have

changed by now. I must say I am impressed that your son can write with his right

hand. I couldn't write with my left if I tried.

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Well he can but it isn't pretty. Pretty illegible actually. I thought the CMT

was causing his poor handwriting and fatique but no that isn't the cause at all

at this point anyway. I wonder if and when the CMT starts to effect his hands if

it will be worse because he is already using the wrong hand.

Lori

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In a message dated 8/17/2009 10:16:55 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,

mattheiss137@... writes:

I wonder if and when the CMT starts to effect his hands if it will be

worse because he is already using the wrong hand.

Hopefully his hands won

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Lori,

Hopefully his hands will not be that effected. can paint, write and draw

very nicely. Adam not so nice.

In a message dated 8/17/2009 10:16:55 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,

mattheiss137@... writes:

I wonder if and when the CMT starts to effect his hands if it will be

worse because he is already using the wrong hand.