I'm left-handed. How to teach my daughter to write? Should i just teach the way i write or try with the right?

Answer 1

Firstly, put a bunch of colouring pencils, colouring-in book and paper in the middle of the table, sit back & just watch your daughter. See which hand she predominantly uses for colouring-in and for drawing. This will generally be her dominant hand to then start with for writing, although some children will still experiment even while in early years at school.
If she is left-handed, your method may or may not be suitable for her to use depending on your technique. The correct way for a lefty to write is to tilt the top of the page to the right by 20-30 degrees, keep a straight but relaxed wrist, have a relaxed pinch grip on the pencil and sit centrally and straight-on to the desk. This will prevent the hooked posture, twisting actions, fatigue and smudging. There are a number of products around now that will help if needed.
If she is right-handed, and because you are left-handed, you can try the mirror approach: sit opposite each other and she copies your moves as though she is looking in a mirror. Same thing for tying shoelaces, etc. This is how we encourage right-handed parents to teach left-handed children also.
Good luck!

Answer 2

If your opposites, you're left, she's right, then stand over her and watch and verbally correct any errors.
She'll hold the pencil in whatever hand is comfortable for her. And she should decide that for herself.
It'll be awkward to physically teach her, but usually all you have to do is write something and let her watch, then let her copy it for her to get the hang of it.
And remember that the slant of her writing will be different from yours if she's right handed and you're left handed. So don't try to correct that part of it, concentrate on the form of the letters and how they flow together.

Answer 3

If your daughter is left handed then she should stick to this as trying to change it may result in poor handwriting. It may also delay her writing skills as she is trying to focus her effort on using her right hand.

If you can imagine writing a short story with your LEFT hand, a lot of your focus will go into trying to keep it legible and not so much into the content of what you are writing.

Hope this helps.

Answer 4

Let her learn to write with her dominant hand, whichever one it is, don't try to force her to write one way or the other. Just follow her lead. She will start using the dominant hand that she is meant to write with. She may be right handed. I don't know how old she is, but it is generally whichever hand she favors the most to pick up things and if she colors, which hand does she use first to pick up the crayon with and try to color with. Just follow her lead. Good Luck.

Answer 5

I never really had to teach my son how to hold a pencil. Let her experiment with a pencil and maybe adjust how she holds it. Other than that, just show her what letters and numbers look like and maybe have her trace them so that she gets a feel for lines and curves and stuff. When she starts school, they can help fine-tune how she writes. I wouldn't worry about it.

Answer 6

your daughter will naturally use her left or right hand, you can get special pencils from the early learning center that will help her hold the pencil correctly, if she is right handed just dot the letters out so she can join the dots it'll be a lot easier then she'll learn the form of each letter and dot to dot is fun

Answer 7

You daughter will probably use one hand naturally. Before she started writing did you let her color? Which hand did she pick the crayon up with? That is probably the hand she will use. Just offer her the pencil. She'll use which ever hand she is more comfortable with.

Answer 8

I'm right handed and my son is left handed. I think kids just write with whichever hand they feel more comfortable writing with. Just watch her and see which hand she seems to prefer, and then help her out with that one.

Answer 9

Watch her coloring and see which hand she favors. Then just write down symbols, letters, on a sheet of paper and let her copy, she will learn at her own pace.

Answer 10

you cannot pick if a child will be left or right handed.
I am right and my oldest boy is left-handed, I taught him just like i taught my other kids, it is a little more difficult but, just see what hand she dominates with and teach her with that one.