A pediatric occupational therapist weighs in on the age-old debate about the correct way to hold a pencil or a pen as it ...

Before your child starts school, you may want to encourage her to hold a pen in the correct 'tripod' position. This is the pencil-holding position that she will be taught at school: 1 Your child ...

Many children who were born on the eve of the pandemic entered preschool or kindergarten in the last couple of years without skills that were long considered basic — such as holding a pencil or ...

Children in Reception class in England should be taught how to grip a pencil properly and how to sit correctly at a table, says the watchdog Ofsted. Inspectors say a third of five-year-olds do not ...