At three- or four-years-old, it is pretty likely that your preschooler is not writing full length stories for you to proudly post on your refrigerator. It is, however, fairly safe to assume that your child tells you many, many stories throughout the day. For example, you may get to hear about their new, imaginary pet lion who needs some meat to eat. And, oh, by the way, her name is Lucy. Or you may learn about your child’s current fascination with becoming the world’s first, and likely only ever, knighted-farmer-superhero.
Although you certainly would not be able to write down each and every story your preschooler tells you during the day, taking the time to let her dictate a story while you type is something that is easily achievable once every week or two. Allowing your child to see the story being written as she tells it to you puts her directly in the author’s chair. She can also experience being the illustrator if you print out the story and encourage her to draw a picture.
My own four-year-old has become quite fascinated with the writing process and is gaining more understanding of how print works. In fact, as I was typing this article, he asked if he could write a story of his own. I hope you enjoy getting to know our cat in his story called ”Ray Ray”.
Ray Ray
By Elliot
Ray Ray is silly. He is black and white, and he has stripes. He has some gray too.
Ray Ray likes to play with water. It spills. He doesn’t like to play with his toys very much.
Ray Ray likes to fight with the dog. He gets nervous, and he tries to bite the dog.
I like Ray Ray because he is so soft, and he is nice to me.
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Written by Laura on November 9, 2011
My younger son has a writing workbook that I purchased for him with the intention that it would help him learn his letters. However, he has recently taken an interest in drawing and thinks that the workbook is the cat’s meow. Although he still has no idea what letters he is writing, he loves to trace the dotted lines that are perfectly printed on the elementary-style lines.
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Written by Laura on September 19, 2011
I love to eat all types of pudding; vanilla, chocolate, butterscotch… But it isn’t the healthiest food in the world to eat on a regular basis. However, it is good for preschoolers, but not in the way you are thinking. Pudding can be a wonderful manipulative to use when practicing printing formation.
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Written by Laura on August 13, 2011
When children are in elementary school, it isn’t always easy to get them to write a story. You can’t just say to them, “Write me a story about anything you want.” They need more guidance and a place to start. Often, teachers will give students a “picture prompt” to get children’s minds going. The same can be done for preschool children in order to jump
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Written by BRWI Staff on August 9, 2011
I can remember as a child being very excited when I won a pen that wrote with invisible ink. I believe it was because of the mystery and the feeling that I knew something my older brother and parents didn’t know. I would write a secret message on a piece of paper and watch as my parents would act perplexed at not being able to read the secret message.
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Written by Laura on July 20, 2011
When I think of a “dot-to-dot” puzzle, I usually visualize a piece of paper with a large group of dots with sequenced numbers next to them. When connected in order, these dots and the lines drawn, form a picture. However, I recently came across a different version of a dot-to-dot that can be used to help children learn to correctly form their letters.
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Written by Laura on June 29, 2011
When we think about teaching children to write their letters, we generally jump to visualizations of a youngster sitting at a desk or table with a pencil and a piece of three-lined paper. The child is sitting with feet flat on the floor and, of course, perfect posture. However, this picture in our minds is often not how a child would prefer to practice letter formation.
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Written by Laura on April 25, 2011
Often, it can be difficult to get a child to sit down and practice writing their letters. And it is no wonder why this is the case. What three- or four-year-old can you think of who would love to complete a mind-numbing activity where no creativity is involved and given instructions must be followed to a “T”? (Pun intended.)
The following activity is one way to help your child practi
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Written by BRWI Staff on February 28, 2011
When I was young, my handwriting was atrocious. (I actually earned a ‘D’ in the subject in third grade!) I like many other children, did not like to sit down and practice writing letters on confining lined paper.
I have a good friend who is struggling with this issue with your daughter right now. Her daughter is four, and she feels her youngster should be able to write her name ac
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Written by Laura on February 9, 2011
My older son is REALLY into Christmas. He has always loved Christmas music and will listen to Bing Crosby year round. My three-year-old also gets excited about the thought of Santa and the singing of Jingle Bells, but Brennen has a passion for the holiday that have not seen in other children. So I, being the teacher I am, tried to think of ways to convert this passion into something educational
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Written by Laura on November 29, 2010
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