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Writing worksheets will supplement any child's education and help them build some of the fundamental skills to help them become good writers. Our collection of free writing worksheets starts with helping build the fine motor skills necessary to become an early writing. They then focus on making sure kids learn to write the letters of the alphabet and numbers. As ages progress, our writing worksheets get into spelling, grammar and some more advanced skills. Our set of "Think, Draw and Write" worksheets are a fun exercise for early writers. All of our writing worksheets are designed to print easily and are free to use over and over again!
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12 Writing Games To Help Kids Learn To Write And Have Fun Doing It
Writing can feel daunting to young learners — there are so many letters to memorize, sounds to recall, and words to spell! You might be wondering what the best writing games are to help your child learn to write.
HOMER has got you covered with these simple and engaging writing games! With minimal equipment required, these activities can be set up within minutes and provide unlimited fun.
Before we dive into our favorite writing games, let’s discover why writing is important in child development.
Why Writing Is Crucial To Development
From their early scribbles to drawing recognizable letters, writing is a useful form of self-expression for children and allows their ideas to flow more easily.
What’s more, the alphabetic code is reversible, so children who use sounds to determine words for writing are simultaneously advancing their ability to sound out words and read coherently. Win-win!
This is a lifelong skill that your child will use every day, so it’s important to know how to best nurture and develop these emergent literacy skills from a young age.
By playing the writing games outlined below and taking the time to practice, your young writer will be an expert in no time!
Why Games Are Important For Learning
You know that it’s important for your child to develop writing skills, but you may be wondering why you should incorporate games into their learning.
Why can’t your child just sit down with a pen and paper to practice writing?
Less Stressful Learning
Here’s the stitch: Being asked to sit down and practice writing skills can be daunting for some kids. It can also be frustrating when they come across letters or words they struggle with.
Games, on the other hand, decrease stress levels and get children excited about learning.
While playing learning games, your child will not only be practicing their writing skills, but they’ll also be more focused on completing the fun activity than on getting frustrated that they can’t write the uppercase Q, Z, or J.
When children see that learning doesn’t have to be tense or highly stressful, it can also change their perception of educational activities. In fact, they may be more willing to participate in future educational games.
Motivation
Motivation is one of the biggest advantages of playing writing games.
Kids are more likely to pay attention to the instructions and participate when they see the activity is fun.
This is much more effective for teaching writing (and other) skills than simply handing them a worksheet.
Some educational games also allow children to play in pairs or groups. Interacting with peers or family members in this way is an excellent opportunity to develop critical social skills, such as listening to others, communicating effectively, and taking turns.
Friendly Competition
Kids can be very competitive — with their friends, siblings, and sometimes even with mom and dad. Playing writing games can foster a spirit of fun, healthy competition.
If you involve multiple children in these activities, the child who wins can learn to congratulate their fellow competitors and not just brag about their accomplishment. And the one who loses can learn to celebrate another person’s win and try harder next time.
Problem-Solving Skills
By nature, most games require participants to incorporate problem-solving skills, planning, and creativity. That’s a lot of mental work!
Playing writing — and other types of educational — games can help your child develop these essential life skills.
Now that we’re clear on why writing games are important, let’s get into the activities you can introduce to your child today.
We’ve divided these into three sections — writing games for preschoolers and kindergarteners, first graders, and second graders. So, feel free to scroll to the relevant section for your child (or children), and let the games begin!
Writing Games For Preschoolers And Kindergarteners
1) Disappearing Letters
What You’ll Need
- A chalkboard
- Chalk
- A paintbrush
- A cup of water
What To Do
Start this activity by writing a repeated letter, a word, or your child’s name on the chalkboard using your chalk. If you’re writing a single letter, start by writing it five times in a row.
Dip the paintbrush in the cup of water and have your child trace over each of the letters, erasing them one by one.
Once your child has mastered one letter, move on to multiple letters until they’re comfortable using this activity to “write” their name and short consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words such as dog and cat.
This activity is great for working on developing your little one’s fine motor skills as well as their spelling abilities, which will aid them as they take pencil to paper!
2) Hands-On Writing
What You’ll Need
- A tray or bin
- A fun material such as sand, flour, or shaving cream — anything that can hold a shape
- A pen and piece of paper (optional)
What To Do
To start this activity, grab a tray or bin that’s deep enough to hold your chosen material.
Fill your tray and bin with sand, flour, shaving cream, or anything else that can be used to form a shape. This is what your child will use to develop their writing skills!
Say a letter to your child (or write the letter on a piece of paper for them to copy, if needed) and have them write the letter into the sand, flour, or shaving cream with their finger.
Eventually, you can work your way up to having your child write whole words, like their name or things they love (the names of their friends and family or even their favorite foods or toys).
Don’t worry too much about what the letters look like — even scribbles are OK! Whatever your child writes to produce a letter or word is great progress.
This activity lets you make writing a fun, sensory experience! Try using different materials to keep your child engaged and to learn more about the world around them while they practice their writing skills.
You could also use a fingerpainting method for this game for some colorful fun — enjoy getting creative with this writing game!
3) Yarn Letters
What You’ll Need
- Blank sheets of paper
- Pencils
- Yarn
- Child-safe scissors
- Glue
What To Do
Grab the blank sheet of paper and help your child draw a letter of the alphabet with a pencil. Then, hand them the yarn, scissors, and glue, and help them trace the letter by cutting and gluing the string onto its shape.
Performing this task is an effective way for your child to develop their fine motor skills, a key component of writing.
In addition, this hands-on activity allows children to continue learning their letters.
Writing Games For First Graders
4) Roll The Dice
What You’ll Need
- A piece of paper
- A pen or pencil
- A dice
What To Do
This writing game is all about creating a fun story with your child using dice to determine how many words you get to add each turn!
Start by having your child choose a main character, a setting, and a problem. For example, your character might be a cat, your setting might be a garden, and the problem might be that the cat needs to find some food.
Write the first sentence of your story based on the character, setting, and problem you’ve chosen with your child. Using our example above, the first sentence might be, “Once, there was a cat in a garden who couldn’t find any food.”
After you write the first sentence, have your child roll the dice. Whatever number the dice lands on is the number of words they’ll add to the story — not one word more or less!
You can assist your child by sounding out tricky words and helping them write if needed.
Once they’ve added their words, it’s your turn to roll the dice and write your next round of words based on the dice number.
Take up to five turns each before finishing your story together by choosing an ending. Then read your story aloud to see how it all flows!
5) Speech Bubbles
What You’ll Need
- A piece of paper for drawing or a printed cartoon
- A pen or pencil
What To Do
For this activity, start by having your child draw a picture with a character or two. You could draw this scene together or even print off some characters from the internet to color and decorate together.
Once you’ve finished drawing and decorating your characters, it’s time for each of you to draw and fill in a speech bubble to create thoughts for your character (or a conversation if you drew more than one character).
For example, if your character is a dog, maybe he’s standing by an empty bowl. What might a hungry dog say? Some options could be, “Where’s my food?” or “I hope they bring pizza!”.
Let your child’s imagination run wild with possibilities for filling in the speech bubbles and enjoy this writing activity together by writing down the silly suggestions, too!
Speech bubbles are one of the most fun options for writing games as they’re quick, easy, and short for young writers.
This may help your child feel less intimidated as they explore more words to add to their vocabulary and practice forming their letters correctly.
6) Birthday Cards
What You’ll Need
- Colored pens or crayons
- Pencils
- Blank birthday card
What To Do
Birthdays are a day most people look forward to. For kids, this day usually means lots of gifts, games, a birthday cake, and, of course, a birthday card.
Help your child create a unique birthday card for their friend, neighbor, cousin, sibling, mom, or dad — whoever they want! Once they select the recipient, get the supplies you need and help them write a sweet message for their loved one.
This is a wonderful activity for your child to practice putting their thoughts on paper. They can also add flowers, hearts, and anything else that will help to make the card extra special.
Note: This activity can be used for any occasion, not just birthdays. Is it the holidays? Has the family been invited to a graduation party? Do you have a family member who’s not feeling well?
All of these are excellent opportunities to create a special card for a loved one.
7) Map Out The Story
What You’ll Need
- A blank sheet of paper
- Colored pencils (or crayons)
What To Do
The aim of this writing game is simple: create a setting for a story.
Children love when a storybook they’re reading includes some pictures and a map to bring the story to life. With this activity, they get to create their own!
All your child needs to do is draw a map of the story setting of their choosing, labeling the different areas. This can be a story they’ve read or one that’s just popped into their head.
It really doesn’t matter as long as they’re excited about it.
To help them get started, you can ask prompting questions, like:
- Does your story take place on land or in water?
- If it’s on land, what and who lives on that land?
- If it takes place in water, what types of interesting creatures are there?
- What’s the weather like?
- How many characters are there?
- Where do these characters live?
- What do the characters do?
- Are there any landmarks?
Once your child is clear about the world of the story, it’s time to draw and create it. Now you can also help your child write a story that takes place in their invented world.
For this activity, we’re not expecting incredible artwork or penmanship. Instead, the main focus is to have kids practice gripping pens or pencils and writing.
Writing Games For Second Graders
8) Grocery List Writing
What You’ll Need
- A piece of paper for making your list
- A pen or pencil
What To Do
Make the task of writing your grocery list into a game!
You can do this as part of a make-believe or role-playing game with your child, or you can create a real grocery list together before the shopping gets done.
Try planning out some meals for the week ahead, and then make a list with your child for each of the ingredients needed. Explain that writing a list helps us to remember all the things we need to buy, and discuss what items you might need to purchase.
Keep it simple and help your child by sounding out words as they write. Once the list is written, your child can enjoy checking off each item one by one after it’s been put in the cart!
9) Household I-Spy
What You’ll Need
- Two pieces of paper, one for you and one for your child
- Two pens or pencils, one for you and one for your child
- A timer or timer app
What To Do
One of our favorite writing games is this version of I-Spy with a twist!
Grab your paper and write each letter of the alphabet down the left-hand side. Once you and your child have both written the alphabet on your paper, set your timer for 10 minutes.
You’ll then race from room to room to find and write down as many objects as possible that begin with each letter of the alphabet.
Write each object next to its corresponding letter and fill in as many as you can within the time limit.
You could also set a handicap for this writing game to raise the stakes! For example, if your child’s time limit is 10 minutes, cut yours in half so that you have to find as many objects as possible in five minutes.
10) Accordion Storytelling
What You’ll Need
- A sheet of paper
- Pen
- Ruler
What To Do
The first player will start the story at the top of your clean sheet of paper by writing two sentences on separate lines. They can write about any topic they want.
When they’re done writing, they’ll need to fold the paper over the first sentence and pass the paper on to the next player. This means that the first sentence won’t be seen. The next writer will only be able to see the second sentence on the page.
This player will need to write their own two sentences based on the line they can see. After that, they’ll fold down the first line of what they wrote and pass it on to the next player, too.
The paper will continue to be passed around and folded like an accordion.
The round ends once all the paper has been folded up, and there’s no space left to write. Once you’ve reached this stage, open it up and read the story aloud together.
What interesting story did you come up with? Get ready to have a good laugh!
Note: You can take turns reading one sentence each, or you can nominate one person to read the whole story to everyone.
This is a great game to play with the whole family or even just two people, although it is the most fun with at least three people. And it will encourage creativity and writing skills.
11) Pen Pal Writing
What You’ll Need
- Paper
- Pens or pencils
- A pen pal
What To Do
Writing letters to pen pals is very traditional. In a nutshell, it involves two people in a long-distance friendship who communicate by writing letters to each other.
Now, with the advancement of technology, very few people still do this via snail mail.
But it can be a great way to encourage children to write.
Who can your child write to? They can choose a friend who’s moved schools, a cousin who lives in another state, or their grandparents. It can be anyone they’d like to send a message to!
This is a fun way to help children learn about mailing letters and how the postal system works. They also get to create memories and can keep the letters their pen pal writes to reflect on for years to come!
12) Rewrite The Ending
What You’ll Need
- Paper
- Pen or pencils
- Storybook
What To Do
Children will need to exercise their imaginations to play this game.
To get started, read a book aloud to your child. (This can be an old favorite or a new story.) Once you’ve finished reading, encourage them to create their own version of the ending.
It can be challenging for children to imagine their favorite stories in a different way, so you might need to help your child think outside the box:
- What if the frog never turned into a prince but into a big elephant instead?
- What if the three little pigs learned karate and decided to fight the wolf?
- Could the little mermaid have a twin sister she just discovered?
This activity lets your child exercise their imagination while also practicing their writing skills.
If this is done with multiple children, it will be fun to see what exciting versions of the script each child comes up with.
Enjoy Learning To Write With HOMER!
We hope you’ve found some new favorite writing games from our activities in this guide!
From creating sensory play activities with sand and fingerpaints to writing a grocery list together, there are so many ways to get creative with your child and make writing a fun shared activity.
For even more writing fun, unbox a learning adventure with our Explore Letters Kit. Watch your child build their literacy skills, using their imagination to lead them through a variety of writing and spelling activities!
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Why a child writes ugly and how to improve handwriting
Almost all parents who look at their children's school notebooks ask themselves: how to teach a child to write beautifully? Calligraphy is a science, and a practical one, that is, it requires perseverance and training.
Beautiful handwriting is not an innate skill. This is the result of painstaking work, not only by school teachers, but also by the parents themselves. Let's try to figure out how to teach a child to write beautifully and what needs to be done for this.
Why does the child write sloppy?
In fact, ugly handwriting does not at all indicate that the child is mediocre or sloppy. The thing is that in childhood, fine motor skills are only developing. It is fine motor skills that are responsible for the work of the brushes and, in particular, for handwriting skills. Motor skills should be developed from birth, but it is also not the most important factor. An integrated approach is important here.
Let's note the factors that affect handwriting, or rather, the difficulties that prevent writing beautifully:
- uncomfortable posture;
- load on the working arm;
- eye fatigue;
- general fatigue.
Indeed, many factors affect the skills of beautiful writing, and many of them depend on the conditions created. If a child is uncomfortable writing (uncomfortable posture), he will not learn to write beautifully. Fatigue will be no less important - you should not force a student to practice calligraphy literally "to the point of exhaustion." This will not benefit, but on the contrary, it will bring additional problems.
Good writing comes with practice. The skill is honed during regular, but not too strenuous classes. This is an extremely important rule that all parents should remember. There is no need to force the student to “write beautifully”, and even more so, to scold him for clumsy handwriting. With the right approach, the child will master this skill, but parents should remember a few standard rules.
Should I start writing with my child before school?
Most experts note the significant benefits of early development of writing, highlighting one condition.
Classes should not be forced - it should be exclusively a game format, and such a game should be interesting for the child himself. At the same time, you do not need to try to force the baby to develop precisely beautiful handwriting. The main task in preschool age is the development of fine motor skills. At the age of 6-7 years, it will be possible to conduct homework specifically for the purpose of developing calligraphy skills.
Teaching a child to write beautifully
So, let's move on to practical advice. First of all, it is necessary to create a comfortable workplace for the child. The chair should be adjusted so that you do not have to stretch or bend over while writing. You need good lighting in your workspace. There should be no unnecessary items on the table that will distract attention.
Find a good writing pen. No need to buy elaborate products - the main thing is that the handle is comfortable and suitable for children's fingers in size. It is necessary to ensure that the child holds it correctly - with the thumb, index and middle fingers about 2 centimeters from the rod.
Now in stationery stores they offer special nozzles for pens, such a detail can help a lot in practice.
Pay attention to the position of the workbook. It should be located slightly to the right of the child's chest (for a right-hander), the left edge should be slightly lowered, and the right one should be raised. In this position, it will be much more convenient to work.
Now let's pay attention to a set of tasks that will help develop a beautiful handwriting:
- coloring drawings with small details;
- tracing drawings by dots and drawing;
- writing funny words for a child;
- writing words and sentences in special notebooks with the need to circle letters.
Do not forget that classes should be conducted in a playful way. There is no need to establish a strict atmosphere, as in school lessons. The child should feel free and relaxed. Be sure to take breaks to give children's hands a rest.
When doing homework, it is advisable to work with the child. Show him an example. Get a separate notebook for yourself, where you will also do your “homework” in writing. This greatly motivates, because children tend to repeat a lot after their parents. Many experts advise using this approach.
Do not limit yourself to Russian letters and words. Try writing in Latin. At the same time, the child will be able to learn English words. This is also a very good approach for developing writing skills. If you start such classes even before your child has English lessons at school, this will be an excellent preparation option. Just be sure to ask how the letters of the English alphabet are written correctly.
Be sure to play
Get your child interested in activities. It shouldn't be routine. You can go completely non-standard way and buy a set for writing with a pen. Yes, with real pen and real ink. Invite your child to play Harry Potter and write magic spells.
This is a very exciting, and most importantly, useful game. She develops not only calligraphy skills (for the spell to work, it must be written correctly and beautifully), but also accuracy. When writing in ink, there is always a risk of putting a blot on the "magic scroll". So the child will be more attentive to the letter.
Be more creative. Come up with new games that will help develop your calligraphy skills. Don't limit yourself to school homework. In a playful way, it will be possible to develop an excellent ability to write beautifully.
Wait patiently for results
Developing the skill of beautiful writing is painstaking work. Do not expect that after a month of classes the child will write like a professional calligrapher. This is really hard work. Only years of hard training will bring results. Be sure to pay attention to the intermediate indicators of the letter and praise the child for his work and achievements. This is how you can achieve your goals.
Lesson 2. How to teach a child to write: preparation, games, tricks, recommendations
Teaching a child to write is a task, albeit difficult, but quite doable, and any responsible parent can do it. The question is rather when to start preschool, because if you start too early, the child may have problems in the future. It is for this reason that the first thing to pay attention to is the development of fine motor skills.
For example, the famous teacher Vasily Sukhomlinsky said that the origins of children's abilities and talents are at the fingertips of children. It is far from a secret that with the development of fine motor skills, the corresponding parts of the brain develop, muscle memory, attention, perseverance are trained, i.e. there is a real preparation for writing. And here you need to "seize the moment" when you need to do everything so that already in the first grade the child can learn more easily.
Russian neuropathologist and psychiatrist Vladimir Bekhterev suggested teaching children how to hold a pencil correctly in the period from 1.
5 to 2 years, because. otherwise, the movements of the hand when writing (graphomotor skills) may be incorrectly assimilated, which will affect the ability to write in general. Next, we will talk about how to prepare a child for writing.
Contents:
- Preparing a child for writing. Block №1
- Some useful tips for learning
- Beginning to teach a child to write
Preparing a child for writing. Block No. 1
In terms of execution technique, writing can be called one of the most time-consuming processes that children generally have to deal with. The skill of writing is not just well-developed small muscles of the hand and motor coordination, but also a solid share of patience and perseverance. Therefore, initially you need to develop these abilities, and only then move on to mastering letters, letter combinations, syllables and words. Remember: the better you prepare your child for writing, the faster and easier he will master it.
But what can help your child - as a student, and you - as a teacher?
There are actually quite a few helpers you can use. Let's consider them in more detail:
- Games that develop tactile perception. With their help, children train the sensitivity of their hands and develop skills in determining the qualities of objects, for example, texture, weight, shape, elasticity, etc. Learning the features of objects, the child himself forms the basis for the correct movements of the hand and adjusting the grip strength. In addition, muscle tone is also improved, due to which the accuracy of movements is acquired.
- Hand massage. In fact, this is a purposeful hand gymnastics that has a general strengthening effect on the muscular system, increasing the contractility and elasticity of the muscles. In addition to this, hand massage relieves the motor tension of the hands and makes the fingers more mobile and flexible.
- Finger games. This technique generally occupies a special place in the development of fine motor skills.
The meaning of finger games is to stage events that take place in short rhymed tales and stories with the help of fingers. Such games correct the movements of the baby's fingers relative to each other and separately, develop the accuracy of motor reactions, contribute to the development of dexterity and the ability to control movements, develop the ability to concentrate on one type of activity. - Constructors and mosaics. They not only contribute to the improvement of motor coordination, but also develop the sense of touch. Details of designers and elements of mosaics can be of completely different types, shapes, sizes and colors. Initially, it is recommended to give the baby simple tasks, for example, lay out the details by color or size, lay out stripes, paths, circles, etc. Then the work becomes more complicated - the components of mosaics and designers are used for their intended purpose - something is created from them based on a sample or instructions.
- Plasticine, clay and dough.
Modeling from these materials perfectly develops fine motor skills, strengthens the muscles of the fingers, helps children to give hand movements "subtlety", and also strengthens the skills of tactile study. This is facilitated by the need for constant kneading, rolling or flattening of materials. - Drawing. Another technique that improves hand-finger coordination. It also helps to overcome stiffness and uncertainty of movements. It is also interesting that all children love to draw, and they get great pleasure from it. In addition, you can draw almost anywhere, because paper, cardboard, sand, snow, misted windows, and asphalt are suitable for this. It is useful to ask the child to trace stencils or transfer pictures to paper through tracing paper, and then color them.
- Physical exercise. Such loads, based on grasping movements, perfectly train the small muscles of the hands and develop motor accuracy. Such exercises, as a rule, include entertaining games. Among them:
- Games with shoelaces.
Ask the child to tie, untie, twist shoelaces or lay out numbers, letters, shapes from them. Laces should be colorful and bright. - Games with beads and buttons. Show your child how the beads are strung on the fishing line, and let him repeat after you, alternating between small and large beads. And with buttons there is an interesting game “Skiers”: the middle and index fingers are placed in the recesses of the buttons, and then the movements of skiers are imitated with the fingers. It's better to play on the table.
- Games with curlers. Ordinary curlers can be rolled with your palms, bending and soft - to lay out numbers, letters and shapes, and "Velcro" - to cling to each other.
- Games with socks and bags. Small socks or bags are filled with different cereals, and the baby crumples them using one or more fingers, as well as palms. You can also sew beads to the sock, thus making a “masseur” that needs to massage the child’s palms by simply putting the sock on your hand.
- Games with gloves. Sew fabric Velcro to the glove so that you can glue your thumb to the rest. Do this by changing fingers each time.
- Dry pool game. Pour cereals, peas, beans, beans, pasta, plastic corks, pen caps and other small items into a bulk container, diluting it all with small toys. Let the child put his hands in this "pool" and look for toys.
- Games with toothbrushes. Take a free toothbrush and start rubbing the baby's fingertips with it. Start at the tip of your finger and work your way down to the base. When you're done with all your fingers, massage your palm.
- Games with spools of thread. The kid can simply roll the spools in his palms, or he can wind threads around them.
When preparing your child for learning to write, remember often that the key to good handwriting is not early learning of capital letters, but a prepared perception and a developed hand for writing.
And now we will tell you some little tricks that you can use to make your child learn to write faster.
A few useful tricks for learning
Before showing your child how to write letters, teach him how to properly hold in his pen what he is going to manipulate, i.e. pen, pencil or marker. It is quite possible to start such classes from 2-2.5 years, because at this time the baby is already able to catch and remember the correct movements. We will talk more about how to teach a child to hold a pen, but for now we suggest that you familiarize yourself with several ways that will allow the baby to fix the correct position of the hand and fingers in the mind.
There are three easy ways:
- Special tips for pens and pencils. They simply do not allow the child to take the writing object incorrectly. Similar gadgets can be found for right-handers and left-handers. But you should not abuse them, and why - you will learn from the fourth lesson.
- Special exercises. For example, you can ask the child to grab the napkin with the little finger and ring finger, and the rest to take the pencil (in this case, the correct grip will be worked out naturally).
The very kids can be given the task of “putting to sleep” a pencil: the child puts the pencil on the middle finger (“in the crib”), puts the index finger under the head of the pencil (puts a “cushion”), and puts the thumb on top (covers the pencil with a “blanket”). - Special triangular pencils and pens. Their shape contributes to the fact that the child's fingers automatically take the correct position (the writing object is wrapped around three sides). It is important to note that the younger the baby, the thicker the pencil or pen should be selected, because. he will not be able to manipulate a thin object.
As for learning to write directly, for this you will also need additional techniques and tools.
Beginning to teach a child to write
It is recommended to start teaching your child to write by mastering simple sticks and strokes - let the child draw them on paper in any form and sequence. Little by little, he will get used to the position of the hand and the control of movements.
When the sticks and strokes are mastered, move on to simple patterns on lined sheets. This will train the eye and develop a sense of line boundaries.
Next, you need to resort to the use of auxiliary tools:
- Coloring books. Coloring pictures is a favorite activity for children, for which they can spend hours on end.
- Drawing. Draw with your child such pictures where there are combinations of different lines: horizontal, vertical, wavy, straight, etc. During such drawing, the child will train the eye and form the skill of uniform hand movements on paper.
- Recipe. This does not mean copybooks with letters, but special aids with various shapes, images, contours, dashes and curls. It will be very interesting for a child to circle them. By the way, children's recipes are a great addition to coloring books.
- Letters. Writing the first printed letters should be postponed until the child grows up - until he is 5-6 years old. This is where the time will come to begin to explain the sequence of the outline of the elements of the letters, their features, proportions, etc.
At the very beginning, learn the simplest letters, such as "l", "a", "o" or "s", and then move on to more complex ones. The skill should be regularly reinforced by the systematic repetition of writing familiar letters.
If you have made a decision to teach your child to write, tune in to the fact that not everything will turn out right away. The first successes in general will be very modest, because. children, not knowing how to manipulate writing objects, as a rule, squeeze them strongly, which makes their hands tired quickly.
You don't have to spend a lot of time with your baby. After 5 minutes of classes, do a massage or relaxing exercises: squeeze and unclench the baby's fingers 5 times, and then massage the hands and forearms with light movements.
It is not recommended to give felt-tip pens and pens to children under 4-5 years old. they only require light pressure to write. But pencils - that's it, because. working with them always requires some effort, due to which the pressure necessary for correct writing is formed.
