Preschool Writing -How to teach it effectively
Preschool writing can often seem like
a mystery, but really
learning to write can be broken down into four areas.
These areas will come together as children
progress, but first they develop separately.
These four parts need to be developed at the same time
with a lot of
practice and activities.
Click on the links within our description to find out how to develop each area.
Letters and Sounds
Children need to learn letter
names and
sounds and
also learn to break
words apart into individual sounds.
Fine
Motor Skills
Developing hand strength and
coordination is essential to learning to
write. Children can
do hand
strengthening activities from a very young age.
Learning
to Write
As soon as a child has the hand
strength and motor skills you can introduce
letter writing. This
takes a lot of
direct teaching and a lot of practice.
Ideas
From
a very young age, children need to work on developing their own ideas. They
will first learn to do this orally, and later these ideas
will become the
foundation for their writing.
As soon as children learn to write the letters, they can start using phonetic spelling. Preschool writing gradually becomes more standard and fluent until children become competent writers.
For curriculum ideas for teaching letters and sounds at all of the emergent literacy stages, click on the following links.
Awareness and Exploration (Babies and Toddlers)
Experimental Reading and Writing (Preschool)
Early Reading and Writing (Kindergarten and 1st Grade)
Transitional Reading and Writing (2nd and 3rd Grade)
