3. Frequent erasing
Another sign to watch out for in children who are suspected of having dysgraphia is the frequent need or desire to erase written work. Interestingly, just because a child’s presentation and written work might be hard to read and scruffily presented, this doesn’t mean that they are someone who takes no pride in the presentation of their work, they simply can’t do anything about it.
This manifests in a lot of instances as the child feeling the need to rub out their work as they feel it isn’t good enough or neat enough to call finished or indeed to show to a teacher.
This is another vicious cycle type problem though, as excessive and frequent erasing can make written work look even more untidy and even more difficult to decipher and read. Again, this, in turn, puts the child off taking part in written tasks again in the future.
All of a sudden, a small problem looks like it could be part of a wider and more complex issue, such as dysgraphia.