Friday, February 13, 2015

Pre-writing Practice: At Age 3

I'm writing this post since I've seen a big difference in my 3 year olds prewriting skills. About six months back, when we started the alphabet packs, he could just about trace a straight line with a tear drop shaped crayon, and now he's zigging and zagging and tracing pictures!



We've got a set of colored dry erase markers, which can be wiped off plastic or glass very easily. When I give him the print outs, I keep them in transparent plastic folders, on which he can trace. This way, we can revisit the same pages as many times as we want! (I would've wanted to add the line "& this way we save paper too" but I'll zip it, since we've already printed out hundreds and thousands of pages in the first place ...!)


The prewriting pages we've been using lately have been printed out from the following awesome homeschooling blogs:

ThisReadingMama's Reading the Alphabet, 


Sometimes when he sees a "complex" picture he says "no I cant draw this mama!", I bring to his attention the smaller parts of the big design. Like a picture of a bunch of grapes is actually just 10 small circles, you can draw ten circles right ? Or a flower is basically a circle and five ovals. That it seems to make sense to him. If it doesn't I move on to the next sheet !


Another variation is putting glue over the prewriting lines and sticking yarn on it! I got this idea from enchantedhomeschoolingmum


His pencil grip is still incorrect and every time I correct it, he immediately goes back to what's comfortable to him. I am not pushing him because like a lot of examples in the past, I figure it'll suddenly make sense to him one day!

Any tips on how to correct it tho?




Until later! Stay in touch!



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15 comments:

  1. UnknownFebruary 16, 2015 at 2:01 AM

    Going through and making a line through the alphabet or through all the hearts...so great! I have to try that with my 3.5 year old. She would love it. Thanks for the idea. :)

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    1. SwapnaFebruary 20, 2015 at 2:42 PM

      I know! these printables have a lot of fun options!

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  2. UnknownFebruary 16, 2015 at 9:11 AM

    My daughter will soon turn 3, can't wait to put into practice some of these tips! :) thanks for sharing!

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    1. SwapnaFebruary 20, 2015 at 2:43 PM

      you can start with some easy ones, such as tracing straight lines! my kid did that for a few months before moving over to these 'grown up' ones :)

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  3. UnknownFebruary 16, 2015 at 9:25 AM

    Stopping by from the link-up. I teach first grade and still have little ones that have trouble holding a pencil "correctly". If it's not really interfering with their penmanship than I'm not overly concerned but I've found that using rubber or foam pencil grips are helpful. They even have ones specifically designed to help kids correctly hold their pencils. Teacher stores and online stores usually have them.

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    1. SwapnaFebruary 20, 2015 at 2:44 PM

      Thanks for your suggestion, I dont think the wrong grip is affecting this penmanship, but i will keep a look out for foam pencils !

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  4. Mum of OneFebruary 16, 2015 at 9:28 AM

    Such a clever idea! Thanks so much for sharing with the #pinitparty. Have pinned.

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  5. AnonymousFebruary 17, 2015 at 4:17 PM

    Thanks for sharing at the Brag About it link party.. my son (4 on this week) is having a hard time with this!

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  6. UnknownFebruary 20, 2015 at 12:10 PM

    These worksheets are a really great idea! And I think he will eventually adjust his grip - he's still learning! Thanks so much for taking the time to link up with us over at the #HomeMattersParty - we hope to see you again next week!

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    1. SwapnaFebruary 20, 2015 at 2:45 PM

      thats what i figured! if i bug him too much it'll take a diff turn altogether, haha.

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  7. Mrs.AOKFebruary 22, 2015 at 10:51 AM

    I love Enchanted Learning! Thank you for sharing with us at Mommy Monday, pinning this :)
    XOXO

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  8. UnknownFebruary 25, 2015 at 3:10 AM

    Great idea using plastic sheets to put your printables in!

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    1. SwapnaMarch 16, 2015 at 1:17 PM

      Yes it is, although we've hardly used each print out more than a coupla times

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