July 25, 2019 Sarah Naessens Handwriting today The need for explicit teaching of handwriting July 25, 2019 Sarah Naessens Handwriting today The explicit teaching of handwriting is a topic that has polarised the teaching profession for decades.Why do we need to teach handwriting in the day of digital communication?Does it really matter if students write without fluency and automaticity?
July 25, 2019 Sarah Naessens Handwriting: using a whole-school approach July 25, 2019 Sarah Naessens A whole-school approach is vital to maintaining a consistent approach to the teaching and learning of handwriting from Kindergarten to Year 6, with the emphasis in Kindergarten on pre-writing skills, such as patterning.