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[quote=Anonymous]If you can afford the time and effort, do OT for handwriting. If you find a good therapist there is only benefit and no harm (besides costs and time), but it's not worth missing class for. However, keep in mind that if your school places great emphasis on actual handwriting exercises in Kindergarten you should also intervene on that. There is no proof that constantly writing letters at that age do anything to advance handwriting, writing, or reading. There are many other passive and active ways to practice letter and word recognition, which is ultimately what we care about. You should see them tell stories and draw stories, possibly even in three parts, not spell out letters all the time. You should also check into what they're using and see that big grip pencils and crayons are available.
In the larger scheme of things, I also find it not right that your son is recommended for OT because he breaks out into tears over handwriting exercises that are futile at this age for any length of time. Indeed, he may not even despair over the writing but over the sheer sitting at your desk part of this.
No sample here, but I'm the mother of a 4th grader who had a terrible time writing for any length of time until 4th grade, but reads and tells stories at a very advanced level. He is now crafting stories, even copying them multiple times to get it right and neat. There is a balance in everything but by en large a friend of mine who once declared, you can't pull grass to make it grow, is right on point when it comes to handwriting.[/quote]

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