The Effect of Pencil Size and Shape on the Pre-Writing Skills of Kindergartners

European Academy for Childhood Disability (EACD): Recommendations on the definition, diagnosis and intervention of developmental coordination disorder (long version)*

“…It is likely that handwriting instruction using a combination of visual cues (arrows) and memory training (how to form the letters) is the most effective 238 . Adaptation of writing material does not lead to more legible or faster writing in 3‐ to 6‐year‐old children 238–240 …”

“…238 Adaptation of writing material does not lead to more legible or faster writing in 3-to 6-year-old children. [238][239][240] Task-specific intervention with self-instruction may improve handwriting. On the other hand, there is no evidence that using non-task-specific training methods (e.g.…”