Handwriting Nod y Wers To understand how to

Handwriting Nod y Wers: To understand how to improve your handwriting.

Rate your handwriting • Do you think your handwriting is clear and legible (easy to read)? • Why might this be important? • Watch the following clip on calligraphy to kick off your handwriting journey!

Make sure you use a grip that is comfortable for your hand. Here are some common examples. Which grip do you use? !

Handwriting Practice Exercises Parallel Lines • First, fill a page up with parallel lines. Focus on keeping them parallel and the same length. A common problem is letters tilting different ways: some can be straight, others lean backwards, and others lunge forward. By practising these lines, you can learn to keep down strokes parallel to one another.

Horizontal Lines • After filling a few pages with vertical lines, switch to horizontal lines next. Try to fit three horizontal lines on each line of the paper while focusing on making the lines parallel and the same length. This exercise will help you maintain control of your pen.

Clouds • The third exercise is more difficult than it looks - you basically want to create little clouds. Try to make each set of clouds fit inside a line. This will help you form curves and keep letters the same height as other letters.

Examine your writing • Write the alphabet, aiming to join every letter. Focus on which letters you have the most trouble with. Do your Os look like Qs, or vice versa? Are some letters not properly formed? Perhaps your a and g are left open at the top, so they can be confused with u or y. Circle the letters you're not happy with and work on improving those.

• Choose the right pen to suit you – it should feel comfortable when you write. • Sit up straight with your forearm resting on the table, so that your arm moves your fingers rather than the wrist. Relax your hand arm. Avoid curving your arm around the paper. • Slow down to take time to form the letters. • If you are left-handed, use pens with fast-drying ink. • Starting a daily journal will give you a reason to practise your handwriting every day – if only for five minutes. Little and often is best. • Try writing a letter to a family member/friend to practise your handwriting. • Apps available: Text Over Image, Cursive Writing, Meta. Moji Note, Use Your Handwriting, Jotter • A free subscription to Tiny Ray of Sunshine will let you print worksheets to practice correct spacing, slants, and correctly sized letters. • The online pen company www. cultpens. com offers a wide range of ergonomic pens

What does your handwriting say about you? ! • https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=eur. Gv. Sh. P 0 T 8