3 ways to support your child with early writing.

Teaching writing is hard. 

Teaching writing in the early years is even harder. 

Does that mean it has to be seen as negative? Absolutely not. Writing is hard and we do hard things! 

Parents will say to me, ‘Just wait until he’s 5/6/7/8 etc!’ Listen up - I’ve worked with thousands and thousands of children. Starting late with teaching writing is really not helpful for anyone. 

1. First of all, you want writing to be fun. You don’t want to be all negative about it. When you give your child something to write with (a pencil/crayon/felt tip) you want to be super excited about it. You want them to be excited about it. 

2. You must manage your expectations. So many of you want to give your child a pencil and expect them to write quicker that is even possible! It’s a process. First of all, your child needs to simply practise holding the pencil correctly. Then your child needs to spend many hours simply mark- making. 

3. Consistency over perfection. Even just 5 minutes of writing every single day will make the world of difference in supporting your child to be able to write. 

Remember that for most of these 4+ assessments, your child will be asked to write letters and to write numbers. So teach them! 

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