Kendrah's Reflection for Graves ch. 17

I found chapter 17, How to Keep handwriting in Perspective, quite interesting. This semester I was able to attend parent teacher conferences in my field experience classroom. I noticed that my teacher emphasized to the parents that they must constantly work with their children on their handwriting. For example, capitalization, spaces between words, beginning sounds, etc. Graves writes that children show us the nature of their journey through appearance of their letters on the page and their use of space. Graves also write that children develop their handwriting by acting on the page. They move through the space on a paper making letters. The examples shown reminded me of the kindergartners I work with now. This is a good chapter to read especially when working with children who are just learning to explore letters, sounds, and handwriting. The chapter continues by describing handwriting disability, writing speed, appearance of handwriting, and more.