Emergent writing

Looking for ideas to help your students improve their writing skills? Check out these kindergarten writing workshop resources! Here is a glimpse at writing in February.

Emergent writing skills, such as the development of namewriting proficiency, are important predictors of children’s future reading and writing skills.

Learning to write is much more complicated than we think. After all, most people can write so what is so difficult about it? It's second nature to most of us, yet take some time to look at yourself when you write. What muscles are you using? Switch hands and see if you can manage writing with your other hand. This may give you some idea of the level of control required to make meaningful marks on paper. Building muscle strength and learning to control those muscles is an integral part of…

Handwriting has never been easy to teach to kindergartners, but it is in the Common Core Standards that they learn how to print letters correctly. Each year I have tried through the traditional ways of working on fine motor skills the first half and then formal handwriting sheets the second half of the year. It never worked so this year I tried something new... An inquiry about lines! I asked the kids what kind of lines they knew of. At first they drew straight lines, but then started to…

Pre-Writing Activities for Preschoolers - HAPPY TODDLER PLAYTIME Create fun and engaging pre-writing activities for preschoolers to help them practice their hand writing skills with these 50 simple to set up ideas! #preschool #preschoolactivities

Writing in preschool is often debated. While writing on lines and worksheets is not developmentally appropriate, real authentic writing should be encouraged. And it's not just me that has this view. Research for over the past 10 years has supported writing in preschool classrooms. So what is research saying? and why is writing in preschool crucial for your child's education? Emergent writing (early stages of writing) skills are important predictors of children's future reading and writing…

Kindergartners begin school with a wide range of literacy backgrounds. This can make it difficult to know where to start with writing. Some children are just

Journal information for preschool, plus ideas and tips to develop motivation to write and provide authentic writing experiences in your classroom

This post describes the stages of writing development for preschool and kindergarten - with teaching tips for each one!

The development of emergent writing includes numerous stages. The series of stages are predictable and every child moves through the stages at some point.