To firm writing pressure in children

Some children press too hard when writing in their notebooks. Some children even have holes in the pages of their notebooks.

To urge the children to write less while writing does not bring the desired success.

The children with too hard writing pressure can be helped by having different experiences with the writing pressure. They need to know what happens when they use the pen a lot and little.


Here are some exercises:

- Bright and dark areas are pre-painted with pencils for the child. Alternately a light and a dark strip alternately. The child paints the stripes. The bright stripe presses a little, the dark stripe firmer.

- Place a soft, flat sponge, a foam pad or an extended sweater under the child's writing pad. The area under the leaf should be soft and level. Afterwards, the child tries to write on the sheet without causing holes in the sheet. In this exercise, the child has to exert very little pressure while writing.

- Kneading exercises with Plastillin or baking are also good exercises to sensitize for writing pressure.

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