How to teach my son to write his letters?

Question

Any one know any good websited to print off pages for him to work on to learn to write his letters and numbers? He will start school in one year, and i need to get him started!

Answer 1

well first have him memorize all of his letters and numbers

then have him watch you draw the letter a b c ect. and have him trace a dotted letter

if he doesnt know how to that kinda stuff hold his hands and you trace it along with him

thats what my mother did to me and i enjoyed

maybe you could get a toy that has all the letters from A-Z

numbers 1-10

the ones that you could press and it would say what the word is what it sounds like and things that start with the letter [ A for apple B for bat C for car ect.

Answer 2

I have found lots of good printables at http://www.first-school.ws/.

My son is learning his letters in Pre-school and they use the D'Nealian alphabet, which really helps when learning to write cursive letters later on. Take a look and see if you like the way the letters curve. I know I do. Anything to make cursive writing easier in years to come! http://www.first-school.ws/t/alpha1_dn/a...

Answer 3

First, expose your son to print.  Label items in his room.  Don't do too many at first.  Just some important items:  his name, bed, toy box, etc.  You could make an area in his room with paper, pencils, crayons, etc.  Before a child can learn to write, they need to strenghten the muscles in his hands to just be able to hold a pencil.  Play dough is a great thing for that.  I teach preschool at nationally accredited center, and these are a few things that we use to help our children prepare for kindergarten.  Also, the more exposure to print, the better.  take some time to read to your child.  You could also enroll him in a preschool kindergarten readiness program.

Answer 4

do it ur self. if u show him how he'll kno that u can do it so why can't he. take a peice of paper with a light color pa=encil and write your letters and #s uppercase first. then point them out and say "this is an a." then help him trace it. keep doing that untill he can write em on his own!!it worked for every kid in my family including my little broher when he was starting kindergarten

Answer 5

You can teach him by holding his hand and writing the letters A to Z.

Answer 6

Try this website:

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/themes/...

Even better, go to the bookstore or the library and ask a librarian or helper to show you where the children learning books are.

Answer 7

The dollar store has some really good preschool books that teach numbers and letters and they're only a dollar a piece. They also have all kinds of flash cards for teaching colors, shapes, sounds of letters.

Answer 8

Be very careful to teach him a sturdy pencil grip. Once learned, a poor grip is VERY difficult to change.

fine motor skills and hand strength come first: work on fine motor activities first

begin with pre-writing shapes they are: l  -  /  \  +  X O as well as a square and triange

practice shapes in various media (i.e. play doh, shaving cream, finger paints, sand, salt) and on paper with crayons, markers, and colored pencils. Use a regular pencil last

Begin with the upper case letters; the strokes in uppercase letters are developmentally easier than those in lower case letters

Again practice letters in various media listed above; make it fun!

You can also form letters with manipulatives (i.e. legos, toothpicks, beads, beans, your body, play doh, blocks etc)

Work on a vertical surface on a regular basis; this promotes wrist extension (hand bent back towards forearm) which is necessary for good writing control

Make sure your student/child holds their pencil in the tips of his thumb and pointer finger, resting the upper part of the pencil in the nook between the thumb and pointer finger.

Better than worksheets try :

Tracing letters in sand

Making letters with playdough

Looking for particular letters in books, magazines....

Attach a large piece of drawing paper to the wall. Have the child use a large marker and try the following exercises to develop visual motor skills:Make an outline of a one at a time. Have the child trace over your line from left to right, or from top to bottom. Trace each figure at least 10 times . Then have the child draw the figure next to your model several times.

Play connect the dots. Again make sure the child's strokes connect dots fromleft to right, and from top to bottom.

Trace around stencils - the non-dominant hand should hold the stencil flat and stable against the paper, while the dominant hand pushes the pencil firmly against the edge of the stencil. The stencil must be held firmly.

Attach a large piece of felt to the wall, or use a felt board. The child can use felt shapes to make pictures. Magnetic boards can be used the same way.

Have the child work on a chalkboard, using chalk instead of a marker. Do the same kinds of tracing and modeling activities as suggested above.

Paint at an easel. Some of the modeling activities as suggested above can be done at the easel.

Magna Doodle- turn it upside down so that the erasing lever is on the top. Experiment making vertical, horizontal, and parallel lines.

Answer 9

Go on the Nick Jr. web site.  I think it's www.nick.com.  They have all kinds of printable things for preschoolers.  Otherwise, go to Wal-mart and you can find a place mat that has numbers and letters.  The child uses markers and it can be wipes clean with a damp paper towel and used over again and again.  There's all kinds of preschool workbooks at Wal-Mart, K-Mart, BJs and Sam's Club.  Good luck.  Make it fun.

Answer 10

Why don't you do it together with him....