Getting Ready to Write

Exploring All the Crucial Development Stages Before Children Even Pick Up a Pencil

• Author(s): Alistair Bryce-Clegg,
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
• Pages: 64
• ISBN_10: 1408193183
  ISBN_13: 9781408193181
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Education / Curricula , Education / Schools / Levels / Early Childhood (incl. Preschool & Kindergarten) , Education / Teaching / General , Education / Professional Development , Education / Teacher Training & Certification , Language Arts & Disciplines / Handwriting ,

Description:... There are so many ways practitioners can get children ready for writing and Alistair explores these in this step by step practical guide. Starting with the theory this book takes practitioners through the developmental stages, looks at gender differences in mark making and then provides some innovative ideas for intervention such as Dough Gym and writing like a Jedi! Alistair is convinced that once practitioners understand the developmental stages of becoming a mark maker (from palm gripping to shoulder pivot) and are given the tried and tested activities to use, they will see a significant difference in progress.