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Why writing development is so Important for Early Years
đ¨âđŠâđŚ Every parent wants to help their child learn how to read and write successfully, but when is the right time to teach your preschooler to write?
đŠâđŤ Well, actually, you shouldnât be teaching your young child to write at all. Instead, you should be teaching them important foundational skills instead.
đŞThe stages of writing development can take on many shapes and stages over time. Writing is a form of communication and expression of ideas that your preschooler will use for a lifetime.
đMoreover, a person who train the children should know well the psychological and background conept of specific teaching. The reason is that it is the foundation period and you can't build a great building on a weak foundation. The important thing is that childten've got a strong foundation before they start to write or move next step.
Therefore, parents and teachers need to understand the stages of writing and how it will progress to better encourage your children or preschooler over the next few years.
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Children prefer dough, fingerpaints, building blocks and threading activities for a long time before becoming really capable or interested in pen/ tool focused handwriting practice. This broader play-based learning, seen through the accumulation of refined fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, core body strength and postural control, really is creating the foundations handwriting sits upon.
đHow a child holds a pen is a learning process in itself. In terms of grasp, we see children moving through phases of palmar supinate, digital pronate, static tripod and eventually to a dynamic tripod grasp (at 4-6yrs). Children move through these phases gaining overall dexterity at their own pace too.
Children develop writing skills at different rates. As per stages of writing development revealed by Peggy Kaye, there are four stages :
đĽPreliterate stage: Scribbling is good (0 to 2 years)
đĽEmergent stage: Letters appear in writing (2 to 4 years)
đĽTransitional stage: Letters start to become words (4 to 7 years)
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Fluent stage: Spelling starts to have meaning (5 to 6 years)
đPreliterate stage: Scribbling is good (0 to 2 years)
âď¸ The first stage of writing development
âď¸ Any scribbling or drawing a child does is writing
âď¸ Hold crayon in clenched fist
âď¸ Understand that crayons are used for making scribbles
During this stage, applaud any and all attempts to write. Children are developing their fine motor control. Their finger muscles need to be strengthened through activities such as drawing, painting, playing with playdough, etc.
đEmergent stage: Letters appear in writing (2 to 4 years)
âď¸The second stage of writing development
âď¸Draw wavy lines across the page that look like lines of text from a book
âď¸Make distinct marks that look like letters and that are separated from each other
âď¸Begin to understand that letters play a special role in writing.
âď¸Write some actual letters, especially the letters in their name
âď¸May write their name
âď¸May try different kinds of writing, like writing a list or a card
âď¸May start to draw pictures and label them using letters or letter-like marks
During this stage, kids often reverse letters or mix them up. It might be tempting to fix your child's mistakes, but instead focus on the fun. Mistakes like this are common at this age and are part of the learning process. Encourage your child's writing and communication, and save the spelling lessons for when she's older.
đ Transitional stage: Letters start to become words (4 to 7 years)
âď¸Hold pencil correctly and form letters accurately
âď¸Know the sounds letters make and spell words based on how they sound
âď¸Spell some common words that arenât spelled the way they sound (often called sight words )
âď¸Use different endings for the same word, like walks, walking, and walked
âď¸Begin to write simple sentences with correct grammar
âď¸By the end of first or second grade, write a page or more about personal experiences and what theyâre learning in school
âď¸May start using different types of writing, like narratives and opinion papers
đFluent stage: Spelling starts to have meaning (5 to 6 years)
âď¸Begin to use "dictionary" spelling rather than "invented" spelling
âď¸Aware that different spellings can have different meanings
âď¸Begin to memorize some words, especially tricky
Trying to push kids to this stage too quickly can sometimes inhibit them, as they feel the demand for perfect spelling. If you feel your child is struggling with the pressure to spell perfectly, a great way to alleviate the stress is to introduce the idea of drafts. You can emphasize that a first draft is just to get ideas out, and the second draft is to check spelling.
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đRemark: Remember that all kids are different. A child might do well with one skill but still be a little behind with another. Struggling with writing doesnât mean kids arenât smart. Some kids just need more support to thrive as writers.
Best regards;
đŤ BabyBrain – IECS
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Reference & Credit to: Khit Bhone Thit, Htay Ei Ei,Days with Grey., Gail Belsky, Tanja Mcilroy, Scholar Articles., Scientific reports & Google photos
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