The Writing Process

Today was a discussion about the writing process and the brain. There is quite a bit of processing that goes on everytime we ask a student to write; therefore there is a lot of areas that students could experience difficulties in. I was surprised at the number of brain functions that go on before and after we pick up the pencil.

There is a huge number of processes that go on before we pick up that pencil, and they often happen in mircoseconds. We don't even realize just how much processing has to go on in the split second before we pick up the pencil. No wonder there are so many children that have difficulty with the writing process!