Comments on: How to Hold a Pen or Pencil https://doingwhatmatters.com/how-to-hold-a-pen-or-pencil/ Cultivating creativity, wisdom, and virtue in education, entrepreneurship, and soul care. Fri, 29 Apr 2022 18:45:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Charlotte Mason on Copywork • Doing What Matters with Janice Campbell https://doingwhatmatters.com/how-to-hold-a-pen-or-pencil/#comment-50928 Fri, 29 Apr 2022 18:45:53 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=650#comment-50928 […] How to Hold a Pen […]

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]]> By: Henry https://doingwhatmatters.com/how-to-hold-a-pen-or-pencil/#comment-21195 Thu, 17 Apr 2014 02:57:01 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=650#comment-21195 I do agree with JNJ26 that there is no ‘correct’ way to hold a pen. But I also do think that there is more ‘optimal’ way of holding a pen so that you can write without inflicting pain on your hand. I find that I tend to have a similar reaction when I hear good/bad when I think like/dislike is more suitable. It probably has a lot to do with how I grew up disliking conformity for conformity’s sake.

]]> By: Kate https://doingwhatmatters.com/how-to-hold-a-pen-or-pencil/#comment-21194 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 05:04:10 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=650#comment-21194 Thanks so much for this instructional post. I’m 22 years old and I never learned how to properly hold a pen or write my letters so I’m having to learn now. (I can write but my penmanship is horrible and I found that after writing for a little while I have pains in my fingers, wrist, and shoulder.) In case you’re wondering, it turns out I tend to pull all my fingers into a fist (with lots of pressure) and I use three fingers on the pen while resting it on a fourth!

I hope in the future people will learn from the mistakes of the past! If you teach children to write correctly the first time, they won’t need to re-learn at age 22!

]]> By: Janice Campbell https://doingwhatmatters.com/how-to-hold-a-pen-or-pencil/#comment-21193 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:56:38 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=650#comment-21193 In reply to JNJ26.

Obviously, we will have to disagree on this. There is ample evidence to support the benefits of correct pencil hold, so I will continue to recommend learning to do it well. Thank you for writing.

]]> By: JNJ26 https://doingwhatmatters.com/how-to-hold-a-pen-or-pencil/#comment-21192 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:21:18 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=650#comment-21192 This is really not true. I child should be able to hold a pencil the way he or she feels good with. So stop saying only one way is correct.

]]> By: safee akmal https://doingwhatmatters.com/how-to-hold-a-pen-or-pencil/#comment-21191 Sun, 13 Nov 2011 19:22:17 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=650#comment-21191 excellent depiction. really useful for teachers to learn first and then make their students to implement.

]]> By: Michael Edwards https://doingwhatmatters.com/how-to-hold-a-pen-or-pencil/#comment-21189 Tue, 27 Sep 2011 12:54:46 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=650#comment-21189 Hello Janice,
I have just see your excellent website.
I have spent a lot of time training young surgeons in basic surgical skills. One of the most basic is how to hold a scalpel.
I started by telling them it was like holding a pen. Then I realised that perhaps 10% of trainee surgeons do not know how to hold a pen correctly.
There seems to be a misplaced fear in teachers that they in some way are oppressing a child’s freedom by telling them how to grip a pen or pencil properly.
A correct grip is fundamental to all other areas where the hand is used. The grips are all different eg in golf, bowling, baseball, fencing, horse riding, rowing, wind surfing, etc etc.
You may like to see what we do in our surgical training program.
http://www.wikisurgery.com/index.php?title=Scalpel_07_How_to_use_a_scalpel

I am starting a collection of photos of bizarre hand writing grips as in the training program.
Do you have any examples?
Best wishes,
Michael Edwards
Consultant surgeon
DL11 7TD
UK

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