writing

A little background. My son, now 6, was never into coloring and "drawing"
back when he was little. I noted it then. I notice now that he does draw and
try to express himself on paper, but his drawings are way simple and
abstract compared to his peers. He HATES writing. He is awkward with the
pencil in his hands. He labors mightily over letters.

He is currently in public school, at least for the remainder of this year. I
don't, personally, beleive that someone needs to learn a skill on someone
else's timeline. So if I succeed at bringing him home to homeschool (as in
if I prove to myself and my husband that we can make it on his salary!) I
will focus on bringing the joy back into expressing oneself on paper before
I proceed to looking into writing.

That said, writing is an important skill. If he does wind up in first grade
next year, they do a lot of writing says DS's kindergarten teacher. So if
there was a way to encourage writing success, perhaps I should look into it.
I would not be surprised, though I don't know for certain, that his dislike
of writing is linked tohis lack of success. When he was little, he was never
into process as they are supposed to be in the toddler and preschool years.
He was always frustrated when he could not draw a perfect representation of
whatever he wanted. I think that persists.

Anyway does anyone have anything to say about Handwriting Without Tears? I
saw reference to it in one of the homeschool curricula I was looking at. I
see mixed reviews on the amazon site. Anyone have any other thougths about
anything related to writing for me?

Thanks so much!

Stephanie


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