If your handwriting flows with ease it gives you more space to think, remember what you've learnt and helps with reading and writing! All amazing reasons why handwriting is so important yet it has been largely ignored in many classrooms. Helen Walls is on a mission to change that through her work as 'The Writing Teacher'.She says the impact of handwriting in education is undervalued but it is crucial for overall learning.Helen talks about the role of parents in supporting handwriting and shares details about the Great New Zealand Handwriting Challenge - a project that is aiming to make New Zealand students the best in the world at handwriting. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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