Simple and Very Effective Tool to Help With Handwriting

One thing that I have found helpful is to break all of the crayons in half :) This was something our OT suggested for a student who had difficulty with fine motor tasks, especially handwriting. Preschoolers hands are little enough to do a fisted grasp very easily on a regular sized crayon; however, when you break the crayon in half, it almost forces them to use the pincer grasp/tri-pod grasp to hold the crayon. We use this when they first start out learning how to hold a crayon/writing utensil and slowly fadie the crayon prompt by using a bigger crayon or by using the Pip Squeak Markers (I think Crayola makes them) for the next level of writing can help them become more independent.