Skill Explainer
Handwriting and Letter Formation Skill Explainer
Marion McBride, M.Ed.1. An Overview of Handwriting and Letter Formation
Why Do We Teach Handwriting?
![An illustration of a left hand and a right hand holding a pencil in a tripod position — the pencil is between the thumb and index finder with the pencil resting on the middle finger.](https://files.readinguniverse.org/Taxonomy/Writing/Handwriting-and-Keyboarding/tripod-grip-reading-universe.jpg)
![The upper and lower case letter 'a' is formed with up and down strokes.](https://files.readinguniverse.org/Taxonomy/Writing/Handwriting-and-Keyboarding/A-UpLo_1.jpg)
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