Handwriting in Kindergarten and How it Helps with Reading
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[Source: Your Therapy Source]
If you work with kindergarteners, you know how important it is to start teaching the basic of handwriting in kindergarten. Not only does handwriting instruction help with legibility, did you know that it can also help with reading skills?
A recent study was done to determine if handwriting instruction had an effect on the reading skills on kindergarteners.
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