Elevating Early Childhood

3 Steps to Improve Handwriting Skills in Preschool

Episode Summary

Do your students struggle to write the letters of the alphabet? In this episode you'll learn three simple steps you can take to set your students up for success with handwriting.

Episode Notes

Do your students struggle to write the letters of the alphabet?

If so, I’ve got some good news for you: You’re not alone! 

In fact, most preschool teachers have to deal with this issue every single year (if not several times a year).

And because I have dealt with it too, I’ve ended up coming up with a few solutions to this pesky problem.

Improving your preschool students' handwriting can be a difficult task (even daunting for some of us), but it’s not impossible.

Don’t believe me?

Then listen to this episode where I share my top three steps to improve your preschoolers’ handwriting, try those tips, and let me know how it goes. I promise, they work!

All right, are you ready to learn more?

Let’s dive in.

 

Key Takeaways:

How to help your preschool students improve their handwriting (00:00)

Understand the importance of fine motor skills (03:56)

Set developmentally appropriate expectations (06:13)

Use the right tools at the right time (10:30)

Let’s discuss some conflicts (24:27)

 

Additional Resources:

- Got a burning question for Vanessa? Get your answer on the Elevating Early Childhood podcast here.

- Visit our website to find tons of pre-K teaching resources here.

- Get my book “Teach Smarter: Literacy Strategies for Early Childhood Teachers”.

- Learn more about my exclusive mentorship program, “Teaching Trailblazers”.

- Watch my episode about playdough tools here.

- Discover more handwriting tips here.

- Check out my favorite fine motor tools here.

- Get our Farm Fine Motor Printables here.

- Get your pre-writing cards here.

- Grab your FREE Fine Motor Parent Handout here.

- Get your FREE printable playdough recipe here.

 

Elevating Early Childhood is an early education podcast dedicated to helping Pre-K, Preschool, and Kindergarten teachers teach better, save time, and live more.

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