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Every parent wants to give their children the best start in life, writing is one of the most important skills that we learn as children. Starting out the right way with the correct pencil and developing a proper tripod grip is vital to ensure that your child does not end up with bad habits that are a lot harder to change when they are older.
In this guide, we will show you what the 10 best pencils for preschoolers & kindergartners are, and which pencil you should start your child off with.
When it comes to being the world’s biggest pencil then size is everything but interestingly enough there are actually three different records for the largest pencil in the world. The most prestigious is the world’s biggest pencil which has a graphite core. Then there is the world’s biggest coloring pencil.
But even though the giant-sized graphite and coloring pencils hold the world record for being the biggest and largest pencils and are ginormous they are not the longest. There is a separate world record for the World’s longest pencil.
This complete guide to Dixon Ticonderoga Pencils includes how they are made, the type of wood is used, what the different types of pencils are, and much more.
Dixon Ticonderoga is one of the oldest and the largest pencil manufacturers in the USA. They dominate the U.S pencil making industry producing over 2.5 billion pencils a year. The companies corporate headquarters are in Florida and their main center of operation is a distribution center at Macon in Georgia. Dixon Ticonderoga is famous for its classic yellow #2 pencils which were first made in 1913.
When it comes to choosing between a wooden pencil and a mechanical pencil both have their strengths and weaknesses. This guide will help you understand the differences and where they are best suited. First, you need to know a bit about the actual pencils.
We start with a brief introduction to wooden pencils and who makes the best wooden pencils. This is followed by an explanation of what are the different types of mechanical pencils, what they are used for, and give an example of the best mechanical pencil of each type.
Finally, we finish off with a comprehensive roundup that compares wooden pencils vs mechanical pencils when used in their different applications.
At some point in time, we have all experienced the frustration of the lead in our pencil breaking easily and no matter how many times we sharpen the pencil the lead still breaks. In this article, we will show you the four main reasons why wooden pencil leads break so easily and show you how to avoid this problem.
We will also explain why colored pencils break when you sharpen them and how you can prevent this from happening. There is also a quick guide explaining what the different types of colored pencils are and which the best-colored pencils of each type are.
