How to Teach Kids to Write

A kid begins her/ his journey of writing as he/ she learns to write with the colourful scribbles. Indeed, it is a treat for the eyes of the preschool teachers as well to look at the joy that comes over a child's face when he/ she is offered a pencil and a blank piece of paper. As soon as a kid can grasp a pencil and wave his hands over a blank piece of paper he has the ability to make marks. One of the most valuable things a teacher can provide the child is a supportive, stimulating and happy environment.

There is a right way to teach the child to write and make the jump to writing their names and the letters. A lot of writing depends on fine motor development of a kid. For most children, the first word they learn to write is her name. Writing is one of the developmental milestones which vary greatly from child to child.

A teacher always needs to encourage a kid’s writing by keeping paper, pencils, crayons, and chalk within an easy reach. The teacher should know many ways to pique interest like he/ she can pour sand onto a tray and show the kid how to trace letters with a finger. It is exciting to see when a child's scribbles begin to look more like real letters. A teacher need to first start with the kids drawing lines and then connecting the lines to form letters like E, X, Y, F. Letters like M, N may be found difficult for the kids to write at the very beginning. Some kids catch onto learning letters very quickly and others need more repetition and time learning letters. The teacher needs to give the kids more time to understand the letters formation. Sandpaper letters are an integral part of the Montessori approach to learning how to read and write. These letters provide a visual way to help children learn the alphabet shape. Creating an alphabet book is a fun way to capture all the first writing attempts of the child. A teacher may find that after a few months the child suddenly recognizes every letter. One way to keep the alphabet writing enjoyable is to include games and crafts. The kids need a variety of activities to stimulate their interest and to reach them the way that they learn best. When the kid is ready to begin writing her/ his name the teacher can write the letters in large letters on a big sheet of paper. Later on the teacher can add the traditional written form with the first letter capitalized and the rest lowercase when you teach her to write her name and can use multisensory practice tracing over the letters. Montessori teacher training provides with a big set of ideas for the kids which the aspirants learn and implement in the classrooms which he/ she can pick knowing what works best for your kids.