Difficulties in Graphomotor Activities of Children Carrying Out the One-Year Preschool Preparation Obligation and in First-Grade Primary School Children

The article analyzes the problems concerning the course of graphomotor activities in firstgrade primary school children and in children carrying out the compulsory one-year preschool preparation. The study defines the range and intensity of undesirable behaviors, with emphasis on the phenomena classified within such categories as: the way of holding the writing instrument, the position of the sheet in relation to the edge of the desk and the pace of work. For this purpose the authors utilized the results of research carried out using the author-designed diagnostic tools: the “Scale of Assessment of Graphomotor Skills, (Domagała, Mirecka, 2017c) and the “Profile of Graphomotor Skills” (Domagała, Mirecka, 2010 – here: the modified version of the tools, in accordance with the selected developmental stage. At the earliest stage of education, most of the irregularities concerning the way of holding the writing instrument and the pace of work were identified.