I'm just having a bit of a moan. What do you think of this....?
I thought I was doing quite well, teaching my DD to recognise her lower-case letters and some of her upper-case, before she starts school (she's nearly 4). I've been doing a little bit of counting and letter writing here and there, with not much pressure.
However, recently I've noticed that a few of her friends are writing shockingly well for their age. Forming letters correctly and writing them quite small as well. They have obviously had lots of practice at home. I mean, it must be DAILY practice. Surely this is not normal for children who have just turned 4? Party invitation cards and thank you cards are practically just written by the children (with no 'dots' to trace over). They are also starting to read simple words and parents are talking about book-reading schemes.
Do they have ninja parents or something?
I also have a one year old (as do some of the other parents) and I can not work out how they find the time to do it. Every time I try to do a focused 1-2-1 task with my older child, the younger one (who hardly has a nap) jeopardises it, or I can't leave him unattended, so can't focus with her.
How much are we expected to do with the children before they start school? It seems to be increasing. In the past, I'm sure children were not expected to do so much at this young age.
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Pre-schooler's learning to write
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WittyCakeMeister · 29/09/2016 12:20
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