WRITING & GRAMMAR
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Big fat easy to hold triangular pencils
Amfat Pencil Sharpener with multi size and pencil shape adjustment and auto shutoff!
It’s okay to rely on a variety of pencil types. Snap a pencil in half and a child can hold the weight better and find their grip. You can buy them nice and pretty in this size, or you can break one into two pencils.
The triangular wide pencil is a good pencil to go back to once in a while even after a child is beyond this stage of learning how to hold a pencil. Sometimes we regress and this pencil helps put the fingers back into position with little verbal explanation.
To sharpen pencils you want to invest a little bit in the right sharpener or they break and you’ll just be looking for a new one sooner than later. The Afmat included above is a good choice and will work for sharpening a wide variety of pencil sizes and shapes including the wide triangular pencil noted above.
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The Teacher Next Door - For upper elementary, offering free resources and downloads for purchase.
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