Hi Phey - welcome!
My kids loved a magnadoodle when they were young. They could write much better on it than with pencil and paper. My DS8 had fine motor issues at that age (his paper work was awful).
The drawback of course is that you can't save the work unless you photograph it (which I did only a couple of times... I wish I'd done more).
Another thing that worked for my DS was a paint brush. In his first year of preschool (he was three) he would fill his easel papers with all kinds of words, but ask him to do it with a pencil? Not a chance.
I think the advantage of the magnadoodle and the paint brush is that there's no pressure required from their hands, leaving all their fine motor energy for directional control. What about a smaller paintbrush for your DS so that he can fit more on each page - would he try that? This way he'll get the same neurological connections from forming the text himself without the pressure/tension issues in his hands (if that's even the issue - it was for my DS). Or you could try the magnadoodle and just take lots of pictures... lol
Last edited by CCN; 01/08/13 07:41 AM.
