How To Hold Your Pencil - September 10, 2010

I've struggled with teaching Jade how to hold her pencil correctly. I do not hold mine correctly although I try to when I know she's watching me. We have a couple grips, one that I really like, but I would prefer she learn to do it without the grip. Today she surprised me by holding it correctly all on her own. No reminders! She still finds it "easier" to hold it wrong but it's big progress that she knows how to hold it without help and that she was so proud of herself. Tonight we read The Apple Pie Tree by Zoe Hall and practiced her reading words.