What types of things are your 3 yo doing in preschool? Should they be writing yet?
My 3 1/2 year old goes to Goddard in OP and they are starting to learn their letters and practice writing them.
At three the most important thing they should be learning is interaction with other children, following directions, and being away from Mom and Dad. If they get a little writing and counting in great. Next year at four they should be spending more time on kindergarten readiness skills (writing, counting, etc.) Hope this helps.
They should be at least practicing pre-writing skills such as drawing, painting, playing with clay, etc. to build their fine motor skills, but I would not expect a 3 year old to be writing letters, especially not correctly. I think my son began writing in preschool when he was around 4. Up to that point, they did a lot of what seemed like playing, but they were actually learning a lot of skills. I would talk with the teacher or consult a Parents as Teachers educator if you are concerned, but not writing at 3 sound pretty normal to me.
My daughter is in a special needs pre-k for 3 year olds and she can write some letters, (she is working on spelling her name), colors and numbers up to 12. Hope this helps
Hope not. Mine does likes of arts and crafts which help to develop fine motor skills. Learns how to listen to adults and directions and get along with other children. She is read to and they sing songs. Exactly what I want to see.
I work as pre-school teacher and I teach 3,4, and some 5 year olds. At 3 they are learning as much about them selves as they can, sometime they can write their name and I have even seen a few write other children's names. Most 3 year olds,though, can not write their names. They can write a few of the letters but not in the right order. They are mainly learning how to reconize the letters. That is why at times they will see a "big" letter at the store or something and say "That is my name!", they see that letter in their name and assume it is their name because it is the first letter of their name. I would say at about age 4 they begin to write their names, most of them only know their first names. I have seen a few who can write their whole name, but majority just knows their first. I hope that I have helped you some.
T.
