Left Handed Writing Skills
Practice Makes Perfect

Left handed writing skills as I mentioned on my Home page can be challenging for teacher and student. Smeared pages, uncomfortable hand positions and inefficient writing tools can drive everyone crazy at times.

Left handed notebooks, fountain pens and office supplies are readily available at many office supply stores. However, these are all for not if the fundamentals of writing are not developed.

Here are my very general writing tips of which I will eventually present in video clip format on this site:

L

Left fingers should grip the pencil 1 inch from the point.

E

Exercise keeping your wrist straight and below the writing line.

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Frequent practice is essential.

T

Tilt your paper where the top left corner and bottom right corner are straight up and down (8 ½ X 11).

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You can do it!

If writing left handed is still confusing to you I recommend a wonderful article, Teaching Left-Handers to Write, by M.K. Holder, PH.D. The article is very descriptive and has several visual aids.

I am writing most of my pages on my website in a somewhat generalized content to get up and running. Interest and traffic are growing daily for this website which will allow me to devote more time, energy and information to Being Left Handed. Check back daily for new content and ideas.