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Left-handed children rarely receive specific guidance in how to write using the left hand, and as a result most of them struggle with one or all of the common problems associated with writing left-handed. Without help, the bad writing style and awkward posture formed to overcome these problems will become their regular writing style, and remain with them throughout adulthood. Fortunately, these problems can be easily solved at any age by small but vital corrections in posture, pen grip and positioning. |
We have produced the following series of short videos, with step by step advice from Lauren Milsom (author of “Your Left-Handed Child“) to help parents and teachers pinpoint the specific problems, and show how to solve them. Of course, the same principles apply to adults wanting to improve their writing technique, who will also find these videos useful.
Each video is a separate chapter, and we advise you to watch them all, but you can refer back to the most relevant and helpful one for your child whenever you need to. We hope you find them helpful, and would appreciate your feedback at the bottom of this page.
If you have a particular product in mind, but are not sure of it’s benefits, video 4 explains our wide range of pens and writing implements that are designed especially for your left-handed child, or have benefits that particularly help combat the problems associated with left-handed writing. Whichever pen you choose, you can be sure it will help your child improve their writing style and grip.
Video 1 – Writing challenges
Video 2 – Writing problems
Video 3 – Writing solutions
Video 4 – Writing equipment
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My mom tried to get me to write with my hand hooked and I fought her on it. It was uncomfortable and painful for me. She just didn’t want me to smudge my work. Better to have a smudged paper than a cramped hand and wrist.
All the yoropen are not available in france. There are just the standard, the superior (black or white), and the executive, only in green or black.
Those pen are never in store so it’s difficult to find them.
And when you find one it’s too expensive because they’re rare !
So i bought the superior on the only website in france which sells it.
I hope it will be as well as every body says it !
I write with the hook method but I turn my page the same way right handers do and write uphill. This way I can see my work and pull the pen and write without twisting my body. I make sure to choose pens that won’t smudge.
I have read that the way a left hander writes – either underneath or hooked above – is a matter of brain organization.
Over the years I have changed my grip to many strange grips, but now I use the standard pen grip and keep my hand relaxed as much as possible.