Before teaching a child to write letters and numbers, they need to master certain skills — among them holding the pencil the right way and learning how to make the different types of strokes. You should also be aware that the way your child holds the pencil the very first time will shape how they hold it for the rest of their life, so you must keep an eye on their grip at all times and make sure it’s correct. Here we present print-ready Worksheets for Developing Pre-Writing and Pre-Reading Skills in a high-quality (PDF) file that you can easily download at the end of the article…
Worksheets for Developing Pre-Writing and Pre-Reading Skills
Pre-writing skills are the strokes a child needs to practice in order to recognize and master them before learning how to write letters and numbers later on.
These strokes will also enable your child to hold the pencil correctly. In this file we present, your child gradually learns pre-writing skills with ease and in a simple way — getting to know the horizontal and vertical line, recognizing the circle and simple curves, and writing from right to left in preparation for writing Arabic letters and numbers later…
Getting Ready Before Writing and Reading
Teaching readiness for writing includes the following:
- Training the child to use crayons of all kinds.
- Training the child to make dots within an enclosed space.
- Connecting dots to one another.
- Drawing wavy, straight, and zigzag lines.
- Training the child in hand-eye coordination.
- Training the child to follow directions from right to left.
- Training the child with activities that help them hold the pencil, which you can download and print for your child for free at the end of the article.
You can also see in pictures: ( Teaching Letters to 3-Year-Old Kids )
See also: ( Arabic Letter Writing Worksheets for Kids )
Connecting Dots for Kids — Teaching the Child Pencil Grip and Writing
Worksheets for developing pre-writing and pre-reading skills for kids: practice tracing over the lines from right to left.
Pre-Writing Skills — Tracing Exercises for Kids
Before starting to learn writing skills, you should know how strong your child’s hand muscles are and strengthen them with games such as molding clay or playing with colored sand grains.
Pre-Writing Skills:
- Coloring inside the drawing.
- Drawing random lines in all directions.
- Connecting the dots.
- Tracing horizontal and vertical lines by imitation, as shown in the shapes.
- Drawing a horizontal and a vertical line that intersect.
- Tracing over various geometric shapes.
- Drawing slanted, wavy, vertical, zigzag, spiral, and coiled lines.
See also in pictures: ( Practice and Exercises on Arabic Letters for Kids )
Download pre-writing skills for kids PDF here for free
In this (PDF) file you’ll get 10 connect-the-dots sheets with simple cartoon drawings featuring straight, wavy, and zigzag lines. They make it easier for your child to write Arabic letters and numbers later on, with ease — after they’ve learned to hold the pencil correctly and mastered the basic skills for learning Arabic writing.
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