Write with the left

Information sheet to write with his left hand



Practical tips and tricks for the left

One possible loose writing position from day one, because bad posture can hardly be later corrected.
The writing position should be from parents and teachers in the first months of intensive observation and corrected again.
If a child often changes the writing hand, the handedness of occupational therapists should be tested.
Left-handed children often tend to re-train alone on the right hand (imitation behavior).
Use of writing aids (eg pen-grip) promote a correct grip.
Writing posture







Inclination of the journal
The booklet or sheet should be laid diagonally to the right. The tilt angle is independent.



Location of the right hand
With his right hand the hilt is held near the top.



Finger position
The pen is placed on the middle finger and then fixed with the help of index finger and thumb.

When the writing hand, all fingers remain below the writing line. The pin end pointing toward the left elbow.



Common problems:

raise the left shoulder
Rotation of the head to the right
Hook-shaped hand position (hand writing on the writing line)
Issue is too far right
The right margin is higher than the left.
• Mirror writing is left-handed children with a normal initial appearance.



individual letters in mirror writing
Words in mirror writing
Interchange of letters


These initial problems usually disappear during the first School year by itself, should consult a physician if these problems as an expert Occupational therapists are visited.







It should be taken at school that the left-hander has no neighbors to the left of the letter.


Helpful for writing a loose attitude can also be Nachspurübungen, eg
             Exercise book for lefties.













Reading tips:

State Department of School Education and Bildugsforschung. The left-handed child in elementary school. Munich 1993, Sales: Auer Verlag, Donauwörth, 2007.



Sattler, Johanna Barbara. The left-handed or retrained The nodes in the brain.

Auer Verlag, Donauwörth, 1995, 2006.



Exercise book for left-handers, 1997, 2007.

Sattler, Johanna Barbara. Desk-pad for left-handers. Auer Verlag, Donauwörth, 2004.