Writing

Writing is a tough gig for a lot people for many different reasons. Here are the tools to help you help your child create an individualized writing process that fits his mind and empowers him to give voice to his ideas.

By Halimeh Salem

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My Child is Writing Backward: Do They Have Dyslexia?

By Jessica Mangelson, Ph.D.

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5 Fun Ways For Kids To Learn To Write Their Name

Two Smiling Students Writing in Notebooks

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Learning to Write: Sentence Stacks Activity

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Certificate for First Time Writing Your Name

Print out this certificate to congratulate your child for writing her name for the first time!
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Factors Affecting Handwriting

This article lists the factors that can affect a child's handwriting skills.
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Teaching Handwriting

Advice from a homeschooling expert on teaching handwriting.
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Writing Guidelines
By FamilyEducation Editorial Staff
Learn how you can empower your child to start and keep writing.
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Generating Ideas for Writing
By FamilyEducation Editorial Staff
Developing a paper topic is a tough gig. Find out how to make it easier for your child.
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The Essential Elements of Higher-Level Writing
By FamilyEducation Editorial Staff
Help your child get better grades with the five-paragraph essay approach to writing.
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Demystifying the Writing Process
By FamilyEducation Editorial Staff
Learn what principles you should keep in mind when thinking about writing.
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Fourth-Grade Writing Troubles

If your fourth-grader is having trouble putting more than four words together in a sentence, it's time to have a teacher conference.
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Daughter Diagnosed as Dysgraphic

Find information about the dysfunction called dysgraphia.
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Gifted, but Handwriting Is Terrible

Gifted children often have skills that are out of sync with their measured intellectual ability.
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OT Assessed My Child Incorrectly

A mother complains that an OT evaluation did not pick up on her child's handwriting difficulty.
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Encouraging a Gifted Young Writer

Learn what you can do to encourage a young creative writer.
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Homeschooling and Handwriting

Five is very young for a child to practice writing skills. Consider having your child work on the alphabet (memorization, letter recognition, and later sounds and combinations), instead.
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Writing by Hand

Despite the trend toward computer-based learning, an aversion to writing by hand still needs to be overcome.
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Fast Thinking, Bad Handwriting

Illegible writing is a common problem for young, gifted boys. Here's what a concerned parent should do.
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A Day in the Life of...

If you had to be a character from The Vile Village, who would you be? Would it be more fun to be the miserable Count Olaf, or one of the brave Baudelaire children?
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Using Language to Learn: Writing

This article describes how to get your child ready to start writing.
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Gifted Boy Hates Writing

Find out what to do when your bright child dislikes writing.

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