My ds's trouble with writing on lines...

[my3sons]

has gotten so much better! He wrote without seeing the lines as "stopping points", and he also wrote without spaces. Even when I tried to point out where to stop, and how to use his finger width for a space between words, it still just all ran together for him.


This is what helped him. I used a yellow marker to hi-light the top and bottom lines, and I used a pink marker to show spacing between words.



Here he didn't need the yellow anymore.


And now, he doesn't need the pink spacing either - though he still likes me to do it for some reason.

I thought this could maybe help someone else who might be having trouble with their dc "seeing" the lines and spaces in writing.

In Christ,
Julie

[Carrie]

This is a GREAT tip! One that I can use this week! Thanks so much for sharing such a good visualization of a way to teach this. This is one area where I need to be more vigilant with my 6 year old!

Blessings,
Carrie

[deltagal]

Oh, my! This is terrific. I'm going to use this with my 9 year old.

[Jessi]

Julie!

I love this tip!!!! *mentally filing this away for a rainy day*

[my3sons]

I'm glad to hear my little one isn't the only one who struggled with this - thanks, ladies!

In Christ,
Julie

[Candice]

Wow, what a super helpful idea! Thanks!

Candice

[anointedhsmom]

Oh this is a great way to help my son too! Was this your 6 year old or 9 year old? The only reason I ask is because my 9 year old still writes like the first pic you put up. I am also curious if you put the pink spacings on the paper before he does the page or do you do it while he writes? Sorry to be so dense but I am a perfectionist and details help me tremendously

I also am having a tough time trying to decide what size lines to buy for my son. Should I get him 1inch lines, 3/4 inch lines etc.? He's been doing Cheerful Cursive so maybe I should stick with that size line? Don't know what to do on that

Thanks so much for the tip!
Paige

[my3sons]

Oh this is a great way to help my son too! Was this your 6 year old or 9 year old? The only reason I ask is because my 9 year old still writes like the first pic you put up. I am also curious if you put the pink spacings on the paper before he does the page or do you do it while he writes? Sorry to be so dense but I am a perfectionist and details help me tremendously

I also am having a tough time trying to decide what size lines to buy for my son. Should I get him 1inch lines, 3/4 inch lines etc.? He's been doing Cheerful Cursive so maybe I should stick with that size line? Don't know what to do on that

Thanks so much for the tip!
Paige

Thanks, Paige! This was my 6 yo - but we've been working on it now for a bit this way. I should have posted a beginning picture of his writing - but I couldn't find one. I sit near him and add the pink space in after each word. I think you could do the same sized lines he's been doing in Cheerful Cursive, since he's used to that already. I'm a details gal too - HTH!

In Christ,
Julie

[Mommamo]

What a great idea! My 5 yo really doesn't see the lines well, so we got her some paper with raised lines. That's helped a lot. I like the highlighter idea though. I'll keep that in mind for if she's still having trouble next year!

[Samuel'sMommy]

Cool idea! I'll have to file this away for when my little guy gets bigger.

[wisdom4us]

I'm going to try this with my 8 yr old son. Thanks Julie!

[moedertje]

What a great visual from Julie. I am going to also incorporate this with ds7.
Thank you Julie, I am glad I re-visited this post!

[gotpeace91]

Wow, great idea Julie!!