When it came time to write Valentines in kindergarten, Connor couldn’t write his classmates’ names small enough to fit on those teensie-tiny little cards. For those who are similarly pincer grip and fine-motor challenged, my husband came up with the perfect solution. First, he had Connor write every one of his classmates’ first and last names and his own signature on a single piece of paper. Then, I took the paper of his classmates’ names, scanned it and then resized the image so that it was roughly 1/3 of its original size. I scanned his signature, resized the image and then replicated it 23 times for each Valentine.
Connor then cut out each name and one copy of his signature. Then, he glued it to the Valentines. Unfortunately, Carter was not happy with the result. The glue was messy and the glue stick was ineffective on the slick-faced card stock. Carter came up with the idea to tape the names, which he did with a little help from us.
Mission accomplished. It might sound a bit laborious, but we as a team were able to deliver handwritten, hand-signed Valentines that met his teacher’s (and much more difficult, my son’s) expectations. The pincer grip came about six months later!
