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Young children typically draw pictures before they write. As teachers, we encourage children to talk about what they draw. Look at pictures your child drew and ask questions like:
Who is in the picture?
What are they doing?
Where are they going?
What will happen next?
You may even label the picture for the child or eventually, ask the child to write the sounds they hear to label their own picture.
You may decide to help your child tell a story by asking them what happened first, next and last.
Besides learning to write their name, children will typically begin to write CVC (Consonant, Vowel, Consonant) words first, such as: Mom, Dad, dog, or cat.
However, vowels are typically hard for children to hear. They write the letters that are easily heard first which are most often consonants. Eventually, they learn that words contain at least one vowel.
Soon, children will be ready to string 3-4 words together to create sentences.
The videos show what is important to remember when creating a sentence.
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