Children's pre writing skills-heather n.

Children's pre writing skills-heather n.

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  By: Heather Nowak
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   Hands:: ◦ Writingrequires strength and dexterity in our hands. Strength and dexterity depend on how we use the small muscles in our hands.
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   Forearms: ◦ Childrenneed to develop the muscles in their forearms to provide strength and stability ◦ Children must coordinate and use both the hand and forearm muscles to do things such as holding and using a pencil, using scissors, handling coins and using various utensils for eating.
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   Fingers: ◦ Thethumb, index and middle fingers carry out the skilled movements in writing and other intricate activities, while the ring and baby fingers provide stability and increase strength.
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   Brain: ◦ Hand-eyecoordination and sensory input are necessary in the writing process. ◦ The brain must coordinate sensations with what we see so that we can make small changes for precise coordination and muscle control.
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   Change howactivities are done to encourage finger use  Lace large beads with strings  Play with finger puppets and spinning tops.  Twist caps onto small bottles or tubes of toothpaste with one hand
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   Draw andscribble  Roll, throw and catch large-sized balls  Hide pennies, beads or other small objects in Play-Doh, sand or rice tubs for your child to find.  Draw shapes and lines on sandpaper or carpet squares.
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   Make lines,shapes and letters by finger painting or painting with shaving cream  Play shape and letter matching or recognition games.
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   Stage 1(1 year old) ◦ Crinkles paper ◦ Bangs crayons or other writing utensils on paper
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   Stage 2(1-2 years old) ◦ Randomly scribbles ◦ Spontaneously scribbles in vertical/horizontal or circular directions ◦ Paint with whole arm movements
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   Stage 3(2-3 years old) ◦ Imitates a horizontal line ◦ Imitates a vertical line ◦ Imitates a circle ◦ Holds crayon with thumb and fingers instead of fist ◦ Paint with wrist action, rather than whole arm movements
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   Stage 4(3-4 years old) ◦ Imitates a cross ◦ Imitates a right/left diagonal ◦ Imitates a square ◦ put lines together to draw people
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   Stage 5(4-5 years old) ◦ Traces a line ◦ Imitates a triangle ◦ Imitates an X ◦ Grasps pencil in writing position ◦ color within the lines of the picture ◦ Print a few capital letters ◦ practice writing first name
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   Stage 6(5-6 years old) ◦ demonstrate how simple shapes can be put together to make drawings of people, animals and objects ◦ by age 6, most children have mastered the basic strokes needed to form letters and numbers
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