Playful Activities to Help Your Child Learn to Write

Writing is a Complex Skill That Needs Building Up To

A s parents, we often under-estimate how complex a task learning to write is for our children.

Too often, children learn to write without sufficient preparation. This leads to unnecessary frustration, a lowering of self-esteem and sadly a poor introduction to learning and school.

Success in learning to write actually relies on first mastering a set of basic 'foundation' skills; good hand-eye coordination (also known as 'fine motor control'), an understanding of shapes, visual memory, and movement memory.

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As with any learning, there are other important 'secret ingredients for learning success'; concentration, determination, self-esteem, practice and fun.

One of the major ways you can help your young child is to help them develop each of these key 'foundation' skills.

Below you'll find and range of games and actities to try -

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Prepare for Writing: Developing Hand-Eye Coordination

Drawing

Plastercine.

Colouring

Pouring Game.

Building with blocks.

Jenga

Mega Blocks / Lego

Playing in a Sandpit

Prepare for Writing: Developing an Understanding of Shapes

Shape sorter toy.

Prepare for Writing: Developing a Visual Memory

Turn and Match

Prepare for Writing: Developing a Movement Memory

Noughts and Crosses

Boxes

Simple Jigsaw Puzzle (x pieces)

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