Join me to learn different tricks, tips, and fun activities you can use with your students to grow handwriting skills in your Pre-Kindergarten classroom! Handwriting is a tool that develops naturally with practice; let’s build your fine motor bins, morning journals, alphabet books, and learn fun, engaging songs to guide your students’ writing of shapes and numbers. We’ll explore how using different writing tools can enhance your students’ success and guide them toward a deeper understanding of the writing process.
I am so excited to come together and celebrate the growth from scribbling, which evolves into lines, and ultimately leads to letter formation! This progression showcases the incredible growth within our students and builds the foundational skills they need to succeed. Let’s have fun and discuss how WE CAN MAKE LITTLE HANDS WRITE!
Expressing Meaning: Uses marks, letters, or symbols intentionally to record language and shares their meaning verbally.
Writing for Communication: Independently draws and writes for various purposes, using different writing tools to communicate ideas.
Celebrating Writing: Shares and celebrates both class-made and individual written work.
Development of Writing: Progresses from scribbles and mock letters to forming letters and letter strings as a way to communicate.
Hall, A. H. (2019, August). Understanding the importance of writing in early childhood. Institute for Child Success . https://www.instituteforchildsuccess.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Every-Child-is-a-Writer-Understanding-the-Importance-of-Writing-in-Early-Childhood-Writing-1.pdf