Writing

How to Teach a Child to Write

By Lisa A Mason

Have you ever thought about how to teach a child to write? If you have young children of your own, you may have already gone through the experience of helping them learn to write. Learning to write is a process. As adults, many of us are so used to knowing how to write that we forget the process we once had to go through as well.

This process can begin when your child is a toddler and as a parent, you can do a lot to help your child learn to write. The first step to teaching a child to write is to set a good example yourself. You can be a role model to your child in many ways, so why not as a write as well?

Teaching your child to write can help him build his fine motor skills and help him to recognize letters and words. You can teach skills that will stay with your child for the rest of his life. When you encourage writing at a young age, you encourage skills that your child will use forever.

Here are some tips to teach your child to write:

• Write lists and notes for your child. Read these notes aloud.

• Encourage your child to mimic your behaviors and write and read aloud his own notes.

• Always pay attention to anything your child has written, no matter how "good" it is.

• Give your child the proper tools to write with.

• Show your child that writing is fun and important.

• Teach your child to recognize the letters of the alphabet.

• Use connect-the-dots to help your child learn to form the letters and words.

• Give the child activities that will help improve manipulation skills.

• Label things around the house so your child can become familiar with words and what they mean.

• Always encourage your child to scribble and draw on a daily basis.

• Keep crayons, pencils and other writing tools available on a regular basis.

• Help your child draw shapes, lines and other figures so they become comfortable with writing and drawing.

• Ask your child to write notes and cards such as thank you's for holidays.

Writing is a great deal about habit; the more you do it, the easier it will become. You can help your child learn to write by creating this as a regular habit in their lives.

Lisa Mason is a freelance writer with a specialty in Internet content and SEO articles. She has written thousands of articles, hundreds of ebooks and thousands of website pages and related content. She has also authored her own books and works as a consultant to other writers, Internet marketers and Internet businesses.

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