Proper pencil grip in 3 easy steps

Teaching a child to hold a pencil correctly is important, and since you've landed here, you probably know that. This is the easiest way I've found so far. I did not invent it, I saw it in a japanese activity book for kids. Below are the pictures of me demonstrating the 3 easy steps. It works equally will for lefties.

If you're looking for more handwriting tools, I recommend checking out Handwriting without tears workbooks or for smaller kids getting one of the Grasshopper kits. Check out my earlier post on them here: "getting small hands ready for school".