The Prewriting Bundle: The Perfect Way to Prepare Your Student for Kindergarten Writing
There is a little window before your student learns to write letters and numbers but after they have started to scribble to make pictures. You’ll know your child is inside this window because they’ll be showing lots of… umm beautiful, yet unrecognizable portraits, filled with seemingly random scribbles. You might even notice that very few (if any) of the lines they are drawing are straight. Lots of swirls on top of scribbles, and maybe a few circles here and there.
This little window of time tells you that your child is ready to start telling stories. See this post all about how you can start encouraging these scribbled drawings!
But it also means that it may be time to help your students strengthen those fine motor skills through prewriting activities. And guess what, I have the PERFECT, EASY-TO-USE bundle for you!
What age group would benefit from pre-writing activities?
This bundle is perfect for toddlers and preschoolers at home or in the classroom! It is the perfect place to start before drawing shapes and letters independently. These simple activities will help to strengthen your child’s muscles and get them practicing the important strokes needed to create letters.
I also love the bundle for kindergarten students who aren’t quite ready to draw closed shapes, lines, and letters. It can be used as at-home enrichment or independent work for students who need some extra time to develop their fine motor skills.
Why use these activities? Why not just start practicing shapes and letters?
This is a great question! If you aren’t a preschool or kindergarten teacher you probably do not realize all of the steps that go into making the various letters of the alphabet. After all, you learned to write in kindergarten and likely haven’t had to think about it since!
When you are first learning to write, it is much, much easier and less overwhelming to break down letters, numbers, and shapes into simple steps and strokes. For example, take the letter Hh. Capital H is made up of 3 strokes, two down and then one across. Before introducing the letter Hh, practice those strokes! Then when it is time to make an Hh, your student just needs to put them all together.
The same thing goes for all other letters, numbers, and shapes! Practicing those straight and curved lines goes a long way in helping to prepare a student to write.
How will the Prewriting Bundle help with this?
When you purchase my Prewriting Bundle you will gain access to pages and pages of resources specifically made to prepare your child to write!
You’ll find simple, easy-to-follow pages with all the strokes they need to begin writing letters and numbers. Students can easily trace the lines, and then practice on their own!
It also includes my Alphabet Prewriting pages alongside my Numbers Prewriting pages. These work through letter by letter and number by number, taking students through each step needed to create them and then allowing them to practice on their own.
What is the best way to use these?
Whether you are at home or school these can be a simple, easy-to-follow, independent activity! Once you teach students the steps and how to follow along with the worksheet, they’ll be able to work through each page independently.
To avoid printing these pages over and over again, I highly recommend grabbing some page protectors or dry-erase pocket sleeves. You can slide the pages into these, hand out a dry-erase marker, and let students practice over and over again!
This is the PERFECT at-home activity for students heading into kindergarten!
What can I do to build on these skills?
These pages work great alongside my Preschool Drawing Unit! Students can practice drawing to tell stories and enhancing their coloring skills, while also practicing their simple strokes and lines! The perfect match!
Once you’ve completed these, or you feel your students are ready for the next step, my Illustration Unit is an awesome option! This is my most popular resource for a reason! It combines all these skills to help your students draw using shapes so that they are totally prepared before beginning to write stories.
