Before the Pencil Play Activities That Prepare Children to Write
We often notice writing at the moment a child picks up a pencil. The letter shape. The grip. The spelling. The sentence. But writing does not begin with a pencil. It begins much earlier, in the hands, shoulders, core, eyes, ears, language, confidence and joy of a young child moving through play. When children struggle to write, the answer is not always more pencil practice. Sometimes the child needs more climbing, squeezing, pouring, pinching, carrying, building, talking and pretending. These...
