Your preschooler is now beginning to learn to write letters and numbers. Although it may seem like her attempts are scribbles now, she will soon master the fine motor skills that allow her to write with proficiency.
To encourage your child to practice her writing, you have to make it fun. Here are some great ways to do just that:
• When it’s time to make out the shopping list, have your child join you. Let her make a list of her own. Not only will it be fun, but she is also seeing how writing is a part of everyone’s day.
• Practice writing the alphabet using colourful chalk.
• When you are on a road trip, take along a notebook for your child to record what she sees and does. It may look like scribbles to you, but to her, that notebook tells a story!
• Make a book of the alphabet by using a blank notebook and crayons. Write each letter of the alphabet on its own page. Have your child think of a word that starts with the letter and write the word on the page. They can then draw a picture of the word.
• Start a diary. Use a blank notebook as the diary and explain to your child this is her special diary to write down something about each day. Set a time, such as right before bed, to have your child write one thing about her day. Even if it is only one word, she is writing as well as having fun!
To encourage your child to practice her writing, you have to make it fun. Here are some great ways to do just that:
• When it’s time to make out the shopping list, have your child join you. Let her make a list of her own. Not only will it be fun, but she is also seeing how writing is a part of everyone’s day.
• Practice writing the alphabet using colourful chalk.
• When you are on a road trip, take along a notebook for your child to record what she sees and does. It may look like scribbles to you, but to her, that notebook tells a story!
• Make a book of the alphabet by using a blank notebook and crayons. Write each letter of the alphabet on its own page. Have your child think of a word that starts with the letter and write the word on the page. They can then draw a picture of the word.
• Start a diary. Use a blank notebook as the diary and explain to your child this is her special diary to write down something about each day. Set a time, such as right before bed, to have your child write one thing about her day. Even if it is only one word, she is writing as well as having fun!
