How to teach 4-year-old children to write

Writing involves the coordination of fine movements, hand-eye coordination and concentration, so it is indeed quite difficult for children to write a complete font with a pen and beautifully.

Generally speaking, it takes about 4 years for a child to hold a pen correctly and write a complete text.

Writing is not difficult for adults, but it is not easy for children to write a complete and beautiful word. Parents should never misjudge their children's abilities and force them to learn.

* Holding the pen: Holding the pen correctly requires the assistance of fine movements such as small muscles.

* Sitting posture: writing requires a correct sitting posture, and maintaining a correct sitting posture depends on the strength of trunk muscles.

* Pen transport: In addition to the assistance of small muscles, wrist muscles are also needed when writing.

* Aiming: Aiming at Fang Gezi who is writing requires the coordination of visual perception and hands and feet, so that you can aim at the grid after writing.

* Others: In addition to the above abilities, sitting and writing requires good concentration and patience, as well as a high degree of interest in learning. Otherwise, if the child is always impatient and can't sit still, it will be difficult to finish writing a word!

The most important thing to teach children to learn to write is not to be impatient, to choose the right tools; Children are unwell, so they should be corrected as soon as possible and have more rest. Don't force children to study, so as not to deepen their sense of rejection.

Generally speaking, triangular pencils are more suitable for children, because triangular pencils are easy to support and children are easier to hold; If you use a round pencil, you need to give a pen holder so that the child can hold the pen correctly.

With the correct pen holding posture, the baby's writing speed will be fast and good. So how do you start practicing? When the baby is about 3 years old, mommy can start taking rough crayons and let the children try to doodle with crayons or draw circles and straight lines; At the age of 4, mommy can draw a dotted line first, and then let the children follow it, which can train the children's coordination ability; Or mommy can write a word with a red crayon first, and then ask the baby to redraw along the word. This can not only train children's visual perception, but also let them learn how to hold and transport pens.