Handwriting isn't just about forming the letters correctly.

The children also need to develop the skills to enable them to hold a pencil correctly. 

There are a wide range of activities that don't include a pencil that can help children develop a good pincer grip which in turn lead to a good pencil holding technique

• threading
• picking objects up with pegs
• sorting buttons or other small objects
• pushing pompoms into bottles
• threading pipe cleaners into colanders
• cutting with scissors
• squeezing oranges to make juice
• using a trigger spray bottle ( with child safe contents) 
• pick up sticks games
• peeling tape off a surface