How do you teach a child to write?

How to teach a child to write is a problem for many young parents. Children learn to read much faster than to write, and there is nothing you can do about it. So how can you teach a child to write, and correctly and beautifully?

An abundance of words and rules

There are a lot of words in the Russian language - exceptions, rules, spelling forms, so children can spend a long time learning to write correctly. It is difficult for little ones to remember all these rules, it is much easier to read. You need to be patient if you want your child to write correctly and beautifully.

First steps

When your baby turns 3, you should start preparing him for writing little by little. It is believed that children start writing calligraphically at about 5-6 years of age. If you want to teach your child to write in advance, before he goes to school, massage his hands and fingers so that the baby does not feel tired when writing. It will be great if the baby draws or sculpts figures from plasticine, this also promotes the development of fingertips and hands, these exercises help develop fine motor skills.

How to hold a pen correctly?

A very important point in teaching a child to write is whether he holds the writing instrument correctly, be it a pen, pencil or felt-tip pen. If your child gets used to writing incorrectly, then it will be very difficult for him to relearn. When the rules for correct writing and holding an object were created, factors were taken into account that would affect the child's health in the future: vision, posture, development of hand muscles to avoid fatigue.

The baby should hold the pen on the phalanx, namely the upper phalanx of the middle finger. The pen is fixed with the thumb and index finger. The thumb should be above the index finger. It is very important to ensure that the tip of the pen is directed toward the shoulder.

Buy your child a notebook

To help your child learn to write quickly and efficiently, buy a notebook or a beautiful album with him. You will try to write in it together; it is much more interesting for a child to practice with his parents than on his own. Do not give your child difficult words from the very beginning; it will take him a long time and a lot of pain to master them. Start with regular letters.

You can have your child trace dots or write simple letters of the alphabet. After your child has learned the letters, you can start teaching him simple words that he knows very well: papa, mama, zay, kisa, les, or other words that he likes. After finishing learning these words, calmly move on to learning new ones.

"Special" dictation

You can arrange a "special" dictation for your child from time to time. Just show your child various beautiful simple pictures, and he will write down the names of what is depicted there. This method perfectly develops imagination, logic, and speed of thinking.

Do not try to teach your child to write beautiful capital letters of the Russian alphabet with different hooks and curls right away. This is a wrong method of teaching writing. It would be better for your child to first learn to write printed letters so that the hand gets used to the load and the fingers develop. In order for a child to write beautifully, he must first master the basics of writing regular printed letters.

It would be great if you bought copybooks where the letters are written as dots (dashed). Such copybooks greatly simplify the learning process. Children love to draw letters and words from dots, and often get very carried away by this activity.

Attention of parents

Your attention and support are very important if you want to teach your child to write. Support him in every way, rejoice with him, do not scold. If you follow these simple rules, the baby will learn to write very quickly and with pleasure.

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