TES – Kaye Wiggins
“Children who can write their name well when they start school perform better than other children at reading and maths later in life, research has found. The study, by Durham University and published today, shows name-writing ability is a “robust predictor” of later academic ability. It says that teachers should look at children’s name-writing skills as a way to identify underlying difficulties and offer extra support to those who are struggling. But it also finds that although there is a correlation, there is no evidence of a causal relationship between children’s ability to write their names and their later academic achievement…”(more)