Writing
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Mirror Image Writing
Asked by J.B. from Los Angeles
on January 17, 2010
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Has anyone had experience with first grader (7 yr. old girl) writing numbers and letters backwards? My Grandaughter writes some but not all backwards sometimes but no...
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- Totally Normal...like Leah mentioned. Don't worry, it's developmental...especially when it only occurs occasionally.
- Hi, I have a friend who's daughter does this, she had her evaluated by several professionals. She learned that children see letters and numbers as three dimensiona...
- Hi J., I think it is normal. My son (now 11) did this and my daughter (7) as well. Sometimes my daughter will have an occassional slip still. I vividly remember my ...
Son Cannot Write Name in Preschool
Asked by M.C. from Detroit
on May 5, 2010
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Hi Moms,
My son is finishing up preschool and will be starting kindergarten in the fall. One of the things that he has not quite yet mastered is printing his name...
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- You are describing my daughter as well, acting silly, loses interest. She can write her name but sometimes does one letter REALLY big or on two lines, etc. I was also...
- instead of having him write them buy letters and have him spell with them make a game of it spell more than just his like your name mom dad sister brother stuff like t...
- Not to worry about the way the print looks on the page just yet. I would concentrate on helping him to learn a proper pencil grip. You could try this wonderful littl...
How to Write a Blog
Asked by M.C. from Dallas
on September 8, 2009
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I want to write a blog and need to know where to start.
How do you find a site? Free that is.
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- try wordpress or blogspot. Just google those and it will direct you step by step how to blog :) Good luck. This is how I started my free advertisement for my little bu...
- Hi M.! Its real easy. Go to www.blogspot.com (owned by Google). You'll get all signed up with an account (if you don't already have a google account). You'll want ...
- I also use blogger and love it, it is very easy and free! www.lifeofawink.blogspot.com
Do You Write in a Journal?
Asked by C.R. from Kansas City
on March 28, 2012
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If you write in a journal do you write daily? What type of things do you journal about? I've never been a writer, but I was thinking it may help me with some depressio...
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- I've kept a journal for years but I don't write in it every day. Sometimes months go by before I write again, other times I write every day or a few times a week, whi...
- Yes, I keep a journal and I began journaling when I became pregnant with my first child 12 years ago. I documented my pregnancies (4 in total) throughout the years, h...
- It will defiinitely help you with depression but find a shorthand that only you will be able to translate in case someone reads it--then you will really be depressed.
Writing in Preschool
Asked by B.S. from Lansing
on November 11, 2011
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So I just had my daughter's preschool parent teacher conference. Its a wonderful preschool with an awesome teacher. My oldest went through the preschool, so I am ver...
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- My daughter is in her second year of preschool. First year was a program for 3 year olds, this year is the 4 year olds program. She learned all capitals the first year...
- Both of the previous posters are correct. Another factor has to do with motor development. Many of the lowercase letters look and "feel" the same when you are writin...
- The post below seems very knowledgeable, but as a kinder teacher I would rather see them not get in the habit of writing in all caps. I also think preschool is a grea...
Teaching How to Write...
Asked by J.R. from Kansas City
on December 5, 2007
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My daughter will be 3 in two weeks and maybe I am getting ahead of myself, but I'm not sure. I was wondering how/when to start teaching her how to write. Both of my ...
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- Hello! I'm the mother of 2 boys and a full-time Soldier. My advice is to drop by Borders or Barnes and Noble and check out the home-school section. There are TO...
- PLease don't forget the art and playdough. Just learning to write isn't enough. Let them fingerpaint, color, cut with safety scissors, just rip up some paper or magazi...
- We made a couple mistakes when working with our daughter at home, so you might want to think about these. We taught her to write her name with all capitals because I t...
Books on How to Write Stories, Journals for a First Grader?
Asked by M.M. from Chicago
on October 2, 2011
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Hello Moms,
Could you please recommend me any book that teaches children (first grade children) how to write stories, journals,with some samples perhaps, something to...
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- I don't think a first grader needs a book on how to write stories. I think they should be given a journal and allowed to fill it up with pictures and writings of whate...
- Diary of a whimpie kids has one. My daughter loves it.
- My Kindergartner just had an art assignment to draw a picture and then write a poem. I let her draw the pictures and then I wrote all the key words from the picture s...
Do You Write on Your Hand?
Asked by R.D. from Richmond
on October 24, 2011
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I am constantly making myself little notes on the back of my left hand. I've been doing this since elementary school. My art teacher one time said 'here's a piece of p...
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- 1) Yes I do. 2) No don't mind, if my kids do it.
- yep, the tops of my hands are also known as my "notepads"! & if, after several attempts, I'm not getting results from my son over something at school....I write it ...
- I not only write on my hand, and have written on my son's: - I've given him a mustasche - drawn dragons on him - drawn half a treasure map on his back (and the ot...
Writing Backwards
Asked by A.B. from Phoenix
on April 2, 2007
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My daughter who is 4 and in preschool writes backwards; her name, anything she asks me to spell for her she writes it backwards. Is this something I should be concern...
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- This is so normal. My daughter wrote a lot of things backwards in preschool. She's in kindergarten now and still writes a few of her letters and numbers backwards. ...
- This is very normal. You have nothing to be concerned about. Both of my daughters would write their name in mirror images; which to me seems a lot harder. They stopped...
- Hi A.- It is normal at this age. Just read to her, using your finger to point to each word. Say, "We start at this side of the page, and we read to the end of the l...
Writing Your Name?
Asked by A. from Dallas
on September 6, 2006
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Hello! Got a quick question. My son is in a mothers day out program and he just turned 4 at the end of July. He goes 2 days a week to this little program. Anyway, ...
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- I didn't read all your responses so I don't know if this was already suggested. I heard about this on line and my son is much more comfortable with this method. He als...
- I just read an article recently...I think it was in the Advocate about, "Are We Pushing our Boys Too Much?" or something like that. It seems that because boys mature ...
- Hi, you didn't say if he could verbally spell his name, or not, but, what we have done with our two oldest boys, and intend to do with our 24 month old, is make up a l...
