Transcript LITERACY: ABC Activities

LITERACY:
Writing & the ABC’s
Ways to Learn the
ABC’s … without
holding a pencil!
 As a child begins to use drawings to
represent different ideas, they are beginning
to write.
 Straight lines and circles begin to represent
items in their lives.
PRE-WRITING Activities
 Two skills are needed before a child
can successfully write manuscript:
• Small muscle coordination
• Hand-eye coordination
SMALL MUSCLE Activities:
 Any activities where the child is
using their fingers will help to
develop these small muscles.
 Needed to hold a pencil and make
basic strokes
 Some examples of activities are:
• Puzzles - building blocks, play dough, clay,
rubber stamps, magnet letters, small cars
and trucks, crayons, etc.
EYE-HAND Coordination
 The allows the child’s hand to react
to what the eye sees.
 These activities will help the child to
develop writing skills:
• Drawing, tracing, cutting, painting, pasting,
finger paints, typing (key boards) lacing
cards, stringing items, etc.
 Try it……
Handwriting
Child’s Name
 TAKE THE TIME AND EFFORT TO
LEARN HOW TO SPELL THE
CHILD’S NAME CORRECTLY!
 ALWAYS CONFIRM THE SPELLING
OF A NAME UNTIL YOU HAVE IT
MEMORIZED!
MANUSCRIPT WRITING
 ZANER BLOSER
 First they learn curved and straight lines
 Second they learn round letters (O, C) and curved
letters (S, D).
 Curved letters that have intersections (B, R)
 Letters with diagonal lines (K, X) and horizontal
lines (L, H)
 litoadcefgjqusbhprnvywkxz
12345678910
 Letters made with letters and circles are easiest
Make writing & letters FUN!
 The majority of preschool children lack
the small muscle control and eye-hand
coordination, at first, for traditional writing
methods.
 Provide a variety of ABC activities for the
children.
 Early Writing/ABC activities:
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Sensory letter activities
Games, songs, books
Label on items
Word and letter recognition in familiar names and signs
Handwriting Test
Today is your handwriting test
on correct printing.
Write the entire Alphabet,
numbers 1-10 and Your First and
Last Name – Correctly!