Why? Because children are so thrilled and eager to learn!
I consider myself to be extremely privileged to be with your children every day engaged in helping, supporting, and watching children explore, discover, and learn.
Today we celebrated JJ's sixth birthday.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JJ!
JJ walked around the rug one time for each year of his life.
We had tasty fruit kabobs. Thank you JJ!
Why are these skills important?
Just think of all that goes into writing a letter (or number).
The child has to know what the letter looks like. Now he has the picture in his head, but.... how on earth does he make that letter? Unless the child has had systematic instruction in letter formation he may do any number of maneuvers in order to create something that looks like the letter he visualizes.
Now add on top of that everything involved in writing a word or even a sentence. The child has to think what he will write about. Next, he says the word slowly to hear and write down the sounds. O.K. now he has to remember the word he just wrote and the next word he wants to write...... Learning to write is very complex.
We remove a huge challenge when we teach the child how to correctly form each letter.
A number of our crew members have been practicing letter formation at home. Thank you moms and dads for all the support you have given your child in this area!
If you would like to know how to do this please contact me.
During the kindergarten year every child is expected to transition to writing using lowercase letters.
Each day we spend a few minutes working on letter formation (and number formation). Children who know this skill thoroughly are starting to move on to other activities.
Ok!! We will practice with Gaspar! :)
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