The lines on the SmithHand practice paper are narrower than the paper we have been using. Why?
A. Small children have small hands and less developed fine motor skills than older students and adults. The length of the stroke they can make with skill is necessarily smaller. Consequently, the size of a letter must be small if we expect them to write with skill. We do not like and do not use big pencils, paper with big lines, or big, rounded letters. Our practice paper lines are based on the length of the stroke a typical child can be expected to manage.
