Using a text editor to practice writing has some advantages and disadvantages.
An advantage is that a child can work on higher level skills like spelling and composition even if the motor skills of creating the letters are weak. This can be useful if so much time is spent on letter formation that the goal of the writing is lost. | |
Of course the disadvantage is that handwriting skills are not developed. | |
So, probably it is wise to do some of both, but the computer is particularly recommended when cognitively the child is ready to compose but for whatever reasons may not be able to write letters easily or quickly. |