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John Hudson's six rules for teaching handwriting
[John Hudson]
John Hudson gives this great advice for teaching children. - Do not provide any single model to copy.
- Provide students with good writing implements that they can control effectively. Almost all ballpoints except the most expensive are not suited to controlled writing. Fixed nibs are preferred, and students should be encouraged to experiment with both round and broad nibs as well as with split nibs, although the latter really require decent motor skills that are more easily acquired first with round or broad nibs.
- Show students *lots* of good examples of different styles of writing to inspire them.
- Discuss the concepts of legibility (you want other people to be able to recognise your letters), letter and word spacing (you want letters to group visually into words), and ask them to consider the merits of speed vs elaboration (you want to be able to write fast).
- Invite them to develop their own writing styles, with continuous feedback in terms of legibility and speed.
- It shouldn't matter at all in what style a student writes so long as the results can be read and it can be achieved reasonably efficiently.
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