Learning+to+Write

__ Learning to write __ From a very early age, children learn mostly from their immediate surroundings. They learn to hold crayons and pencils and pretend to write. At the early stages, their writing looks like scribble. They know that writing conveys a message because they have seen the adults around in their lives do the same. In the beginning phase, the scribble gradually changes from large circular movements to drawings and letter-like scribble. ‘The writing is usually linked like handwriting and the distinction between symbols for drawing and writing is beginning to be made.’ (Hill 2006, pg. 7) As children grow older, their writing becomes a combination of drawings and writing. They begin to learn that there are individual symbols which represent and conveys meaning. In addition, the children begin to write letters and numbers copied from books they have seen and they particularly try to write the letter or letters of the first name. At this stage, their writing skills are associated with listening to the words spoken around them, and matching the first sound to a letter-beginning to understand the alphabetic principle. The children gradually learn the concept of a word and begin to write sentences with proper spaces and most forms of punctuation.

Here is video showing how children learn to write even before entering school.

media type="youtube" key="h7pYXto9kc0&hl=en" height="355" width="425" When children first begin to learn how to write, there a four 'areas' in which they learn to do so: >  >   Together with the four stages, this is an example of a child's writing progress: 
 * The sign principle
 * The flexibility principle
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> The linear principle
 * <span style="color: rgb(154, 209, 31)"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Spaces between words

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