Wow, writing-wise Delia is almost precisely where Kendra was a year ago (and Delia is almost precisely a year younger than Kendra). (Kendra, however, has the kind of temperment where she doesn't insist on pens or bang when she's frustrated.) In case it's useful: Now, a year later, she still has problems with her grip on her pen/pencil/scissors. Her letter formation is much clearer, and almost always readable. (I love her creative spelling -- for example she recently wrote GOST for ghost -- it's clear that she is sounding things out herself. :) ) Very shortly after the start of kindergarten she had a huge surge in motor control, to the point that she brings home artwork and I ask her if an adult did the drawing and coloring for her, and she says no, she did it herself. I have no idea if that's where Delia will be in a year, but the point she is at right now is so exactly where Kendra was a year ago that it seems likely.