I would rather my child was “behind” at five but really enjoying the learning and school experience than being forced to write and hating every minute of it – the child who isn’t developmentally ready will eventually catch up if the stimulus is there, the child forced to write will not carry on trying.
.-= Elaine´s last blog ..Money Lessons for Children =-.

the WHOLE handwriting thing bugs me. 6yo DS comes home from school w/ “graded” handwriting. Who CARES? I know plenty of successful adults w/ terrible handwriting. So what? DS doesn’t pass 1st grade bc his y’s don’t always go under the line?luckily his teacher will grade, then be sure to tell us that handwriting grades mean nothing Still, annoying. Handwriting is a fine-motor skill, not a sign of intelligence or whatever. Boys (my son included!!) are way more likely to have fine-motor delays. Since girls are more likely to have gross-motor delays should we give them an extra push in preschool so they can kick balls as well as boys? :p