Nicole Weinstein advises.
Pencil control is an area that causes much debate in the early years. Not only is there controversy about what age a child should be able to hold a pencil, but Finland will stop teaching handwriting as a skill from 2016. The rationale is that handwriting is an obsolete skill and the time taken to acquire, rehearse and refine the motor skills is out of proportion to how it will be used in the future. Instead, children in Finland will be taught to touch type and text message, skills which are 'more relevant to everyday life', according to the Finnish National Board of Education.
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