Developing Pre-Writing Skills

Developing pre-writing skills

 

 ”  Holding objects for a short time–

 Being able to grasp an object held by another person–

 – Passing objects from one hand to the other

  – Picking up small objects with the thumb and index finger

  – Using a finger to explore and touch objects

  – Hitting a toy with a stick or a hammer

 ) – Making marks with a pencil (at random

  – Placing one block on top of another

 ) – Colouring in all directions (at random

  – Turning the pages of a book (a few pages at a time)

  – Lifting the lid off a cardboard box

  – Lining up two or more blocks

  – Colouring with a brush

  – Building a tower of at least 6 blocks

   – Tearing a page out of a magazine

   – Threading large beads onto a stick

 – Circular scribbling

  – Opening the lid of a box

  – Cutting a straight line in paper with scissors

  – Pouring water from one cup to another

 – Painting with a brush vertically and horizontally

  Putting the lid on a cardboard box–

  – Building with blocks

  – Making shapes out of modelling dough (plasticine)

  – Folding a square sheet of paper in half

  – Cutting out simple shapes

  – Cutting fabric with scissors

  – Winding thread into a ball

  – Threading small beads onto a string

  – Threading a shoelace through its holes

  – Stacking cards neatly on top of one another

  – Using a key to open a door

   – Hammering nails into a piece of wood

  – Undoing a lace

 – Tying a simple knot

  (x-y… (   Copying compound shapes

    – Cutting a picture accurately out of a magazine or book–

Development of the pencil grip

  – Gripping the pencil

   – Moving the pencil from top to bottom (random scribbling))–

)  – Moving the pencil from right to left (random scribbling

  Moving the pencil from bottom to top (random scribbling  –

   – Moving the pencil in a circle (random scribbling in a circular direction)

  – Making dots

  – Diagonal lines

  – Crossing lines

 ) Zigzag lines (zigzag

  – Spiral lines

  – Colouring large areas

 – Colouring inside a frame

  – Joining closely spaced dots

  – Joining widely spaced dots

  – Drawing geometric shapes

  – Copying the numbers 1 to 10

  – Copying letters from a model

  – Writing letters from memory

  – Writing the numbers 1 to 100 from a model

  – Writing the numbers 1 to 100 from memory

  – Copying one's own name from a model

  – Writing one's own name from memory

  – Copying words and sentences from a model

  – Writing words and sentences from memory

  – Writing simple sentences in a variety of ways

  – Writing complete paragraphs

  – Dictation

  – Writing personal details from a model

  – Writing personal details from memory ”