Hello! So I am a 23 year old elementary teacher who is currently getting a MEd in early childhood education. After graduation, I will be transitioning from 4th grade to kindergarten or first grade, meaning I will have a much bigger hand in teaching the foundational skills of writing such as pen grip. This becomes an issue when accounting for the fact that I have a strange pen grip. My occupational therapist calls it a supportive grip and any attempts to “write correctly” have resulted in a worsening in my pain. For context, I have aEDS and additionally developed CRPS in my dominant hand following an animal bite and subsequent infection/surgery. I would really appreciate tips on how I could either work towards changing my own pen grip and/or teaching these skills despite my own personal problem. I worry that the students will try to mimic my writing even if I’m teaching them otherwise. Attached is a sample of my writing (class work for my degree) as well as photos of my grip and a video of me actually writing.

(Actually it won’t let me add the video, I will try in comments)

Edit to add - I also have limited mobility in my middle and ring fingers on my dominant hand linked to the same injury. Neither finger can bend fully.

I am a doctor in my mid 30s how is my cursive

I'm over 40 and my whole life it's hurt to write. Try as I might to switch to a tripod grasp, I always use a thumb wrap grasp that would make it slightly hurt to write from the moment I started. But I just tried out the monk's grasp a week or two ago and I'm never going back! There's no ache in my hands anymore, and it's so cool!

As an added bonus, my preference in writing instruments went from really picky ("training" style writing instruments, huge, triangular, "sumo grip" styles, etc.) to thinking a standard wooden pencil or Cristal pen is the perfect size. It's made me want to consider writing with things I've never wanted to before, like a Pentel Sharp or Parker Jotter, that would have been way too thin and "crampy" before.

I'm guessing if someone is on this subreddit that they've probably tried out different grasps before, but if you have writing pain and have never tried a monks grasp, try it out!

I learned cursive something like a year ago and switched to fountain pens this semester, since then I've been practicing a lot and now I feel a little confused as to what kind of handwriting style I want.

I'm unsure if I wanna keep the style of "a" and "d" that uses entry strokes and doesn't go full way around and if I should or shouldn't use exit strokes with "o"s and I kinda wish I could write smaller but then I mess up the slant.

Any feedback and advice would be appreciated

I'm curious if others have heard of this game ...

Text: Get In The Ring-Amon Amarth

This is my handwriting, I've been told it's legible but unusual. I was a lefty who was taught to write by righties so I hold my pencil in a very weird way and it never got corrected. Would it be worth relearning?

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writing with one of my favorites -- Platinum 3776 Century with a Fine nib.

This spring, I started practicing cursive at a challenge. My mother always writes letters in cursive to my family and I am the only one that can read them. So in the future, I am probably going to be the one to teach my children how to write cursive as we live in Japan. Before I get to the point of having to teach cursive, I need to improve my writing.

At the beginning, it was painfully slow. My speed has increased but there are always moments of "How do I write a capital G"? And even looking at other posts here, I have changed how I write my own letters too. No longer do all of my letters follow a specific font/script.

This is also my first time journaling everyday. Sometimes it can be the best thing to calm me down before going to bed. Just sitting at the dining table, a single light on, writing my journal while my family is sleeping.

My writing might not be pretty and is often written in a hurry, but I have improved and had a lot of fun challenging myself. Now to continue but instead of B5, go with A5 notebook. I bought a Rollbahn lined notebook to give a try.

Here are some notes from my history lessons. I want to make my handwriting more refined and... for lack of a better term: founding father-reminiscent. I want it to look more official overall, as I am entering a more "official" job role. Any help is appreciated!

Hello everyone!

Back in high school, I had a teacher who insisted that we write in all capital letters. He taught us to form letters and numbers using basic shapes and was very strict about the order and direction of each stroke.

I now have a job that requires me to take field notes. My regular handwriting is a mess, and while my cursive is decent, it's not very practical for field notes.

I recently remembered my teacher's method and realized it's actually a great way to take clear, legible notes. I'd love to practice it more, but I can't figure out what this style of handwriting is called or find any resources on it.

Unfortunately, being a typical teenager at the time, I didn't pay nearly enough attention to his instructions!

Does anyone recognize this method or know where I could find practice guides?