![]() ![]() ![]() Research shows that kids acquire straight-line and circular uppercase letters first, then other uppercase letters, then lowercase letters, numbers, and words (in that order). Sometime during the kindergarten year (between the ages of 5 and 6), kids are ready to learn how to accurately form and construct the letters of the alphabet. Once children are able to copy prewriting shapes and lines (horizontal lines, circles, vertical lines, intersecting lines, and diagonal lines) around the ages of 3 to 4 years old, it’s time to move on to letter formation and construction. Children who are able to copy basic prewriting shapes are able to copy significantly more letters than those who cannot. The development of higher level handwriting skills (letter formation, sizing, spacing, alignment, and more) all begins with being able to copy simple shapes. We have to have a mental picture or memory of what each letter looks like and then develop a motor plan to create that letter as it looks in our memory. Handwriting is an extremely complicated skill.
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