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[quote=Anonymous]You may want to think about OT. My K girl has had fine motor issues with this that became evident in preschool and STILL has a very blocky, large, mostly illegible penmanship because her grip is such a tricky thing. For a long time she held the pencil in a way that made her writing almost like long paint strokes- she wrote from the shoulder, not the hand. She still has difficulty with that control and planning needed to make small letters and fit everything on a line. It IS possible he just has bad handwriting, but at this age, it should be at least legible. If not, it could be some motor issue.

BTW, the play dough trick is recommended a lot and it has done nothing to help for my child because it's not a muscle issue, it's a brain thing. She can't make herself control and plan properly because it requires a level of coordination that is tricky for her. I have been told "clay, playdough, have her write in shaving cream, try big fat pencils!" in every single IEP meeting ever and I've learned to say "With all due respect, if this were as simple as playing with more PlayDough, I'd have already spent my life savings on PlayDough.' It's meant to be helpful but it's really... not if there's something bigger going on. [/quote]

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