Fun Ways To Work On Pre-writing Skills!
What are pre-writing skills?
The essential skills children need before they are able to write. An important aspect to pre-writing skills are being able to copy and imitate pre-writing shapes. Pre-writing shapes are comprised of particular strokes that many letters and numbers contain. Pre-writing skills consist of a child's ability to cross midline, hold a writing utensil appropriately, manipulate objects, perform hand-eye coordination and visual perceptual tasks. It is also important that they have established a hand dominance, and obtain adequate finger, hand and core strength for their age.
The following activities incorporate these important set of skills that will help your child develop the necessary pre-writing skills to be future writers!
Typical Progression of Pre-writing Strokes:
A child should be able to imitate and draw all shapes before moving to the next pre-writing stroke
1) Vertical line
2) Horizontal line
3) Circle Shape
4) Cross Shape
5) Square Shape
6) Right/Left Diagonal
7) "X" Shape
8) Triangle Shape
Pre-writing Activities:
Sand & Shaving Cream
Practice drawing shapes, letters, and numbers in the sand and shaving cream
Stringing Beads
Dot Markers
Stickers
Wikki Stick/ Pipe Cleaner
create shapes, letters and numbers out of the wikki sticks
Playdough
create shapes, letters and numbers out of the play doh
Q-Tip Art
Tweezer Games
Clothespins
Unwrapping Tissue Paper
Spray Bottle Tracing
Magnet Play
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