ABSTRACT
Handwriting lessons, as a set of activities independent of reading and spelling, are an opportunity to establish habits for life. Left-handed people comprise around 10% of the population. Despite popular opinion, there is little evidence that left-handed people differ in creative, spatial or artistic skills from right-handed people. Special care should be taken to show left-handers how to sit and position their pencils. Screenwriting is a visual-kinaesthetic framework based on using an imaginary screen where words are written and manipulated. When doing handwriting lessons, first have students practise the letter components on their screens, talking through their actions as they do them. Practise the letters at first on the student’s visualised screens, nice and big, learning the various words that describe the starting point and what comes next.
