How to Teach Your Toddler to Write Alphabets
It is very common that a parent would want his or her kid to know how to write at least some alphabets before enrolling in kindergarten. Some parents are scared of the process of forcing their toddlers to sit down and learn. Other parents go to the book store and purchase one of the many workbooks that their kids end up drawing all over. It is normally said that kids cannot learn to write before the age of 4 or 5. However, there are a number of simply ways to get your child to write alphabets.
Instructions
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Begin at a young age
When your baby has started walking and grabbing things, gives them a paper and pen to express themselves. Let them write whatever they feel like and make this a routine for them. Make sure that they make it as a hobby. You should make them write as much as they can just like you read stories to them at a young age to encourage reading skills. When they scribble, grab a pen and write something such as their name on the paper. Teach them how to hold the pencil. They will not hold it correctly at start but will eventually learn the proper way with time. -
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Give some shape to their scribbling
Tell them to make something for example dots or lines. Kids get interested if you tell them to write a name or something else. At the beginning, they will write alphabets but will not know all of the alphabets. On the other hand, try to write in front of them to encourage them.
Toddlers are at a learning process and they like to copy their parents. If you will write on a notebook, your kid will also look for her pen and begin writing something or the other. Make sure you make notes with a pen rather than doing your work on a cell phone, iPad or laptop. -
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Mix writing with reading
Do not just use books to make them write alphabets, but combine reading with writing. Write the alphabets in order and read them out loud for the kid to hear them. Ask them to tell you the letter after writing it down. Make them see how the alphabets are written in place of seeing them in a book. This will tell them that the process of learning the alphabets is complete by writing them, for example write “A” for them to learn.
