What age would you put this child at?

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For writing etc? Any teachers to give feedback would also be very helpful 🙏

Agreed.

My relatives in Serbia started school aged 7 and had to learn to write two different alphabets. The education system there is actually ahead of ours to an extent (certainly in maths).

4 to 6 or even 7 for handwriting but I wouldn’t expect a 4/5 year old to spell word like ‘you’ and ‘one’ correctly without help or copying so that might suggest the older end.

My 2 (girls) wrote like that at about 4. If your child is 5-6 @Cbeebiesisdifferentonasaturday that's fine. They all develop differently - and your child will likely be good at sports, crafts, science, or maths etc. Mine were/are excellent at English reading/writing/grammar etc, but they are average at maths and quite good (but not excellent) at science.

You are overthinking this. She is still tiny give her time.

my db still writes like this, and he has a PhD.

My summer born was writing like that just before she started school, so I'd say 4-5 but leaning more to the 4 end.

She does her Ys funny too and no sign of school making any impression on correcting it, I'll keep an eye on that as a result of this thread so thank you PPs 🙂

I’d say a left-handed 5 or 6 year old. Based on my own left-handed DC at that age, and the prevalence of backwards letters.

I'm an Early years teacher and that doesn't look like it's a child's work, it looks like an adult has done it in the style of a young child. Reading/ writing/ spelling come together at different stages. It's unusual for a child to produce work like that but spell 'one' ( has to be remembered as not phonetic) 'doggy' to put a double g at 5 is unusual and 'land' again the n is a very quiet sound that most children writing casually for fun would miss. Even if a child was confidently reading those words and many are at 5, it's less usual to be spelling them all consistently in a work that is so poor in other areas ( handwriting). However the handwriting looks fake because the cat has been drawn with a small head meaning the eyes/ mouth/ ears have taken a great deal of hand control that isn't evidenced in the writing. The four legs and tail are all accurately placed with just the right amount of colouring out of the line to imply it's been done by a child. The incorrect letter formation is odd, with some more complex letters having the right hand movement but large and some more simple letters incorrect. I look at thousands of prices of children's work and this doesn't fit with the usual development. I don't know why op would pretend it's a child's work but I don't think it is.

Pre-school with encouraging parent(s)

A lot of kids can't read and write at 4, when they start school. In fact, most can't.
I'd say this kid is probably 5-6. Possibly a fairly advanced 4 year old, possibly a less advanced 7 year old.

It looks absolutely fine for a 5.5 yr old. I wouldn’t worry about it. In some countries children don’t start learning to read and write formally until they’re six. They still get there!

My dd was taught to write in an English school but still formed her letters in unusual ways and refused to do it the proper way despite the teachers being on her case! She’s left-handed which might make a difference.

It doesn’t look like the work of a child that’s learnt phonics though. The spelling is too good! 😂

6 - 7 years old

For preschool, level 4 is fine. You need to go by grade rather than age. Remember not many countries start their kids at school as young as the UK.

I've taught abroad for many years. I wouldn't worry about your child. Let them learn in their current system and at home let them develop a lovely of books and learning. I could talk about this at great length, with experience to back it, but I'll leave it there!

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I'd say F2 or Y1.

Phonics wise, more like Y1 but letter formation, more like F2.

5-6 and lefthanded.

Still more legible than DD1's at 5 and much cleaner than DD2's at 7, but I like the 'I'm in Doggyland - See you One Day' as she clearly has no intention of ever coming back!

How many 3 year olds do you know who can write in sentences?

My eldest is 5 about to turn 6 and in P2 in NI, it looks like something she would write in terms of the spelling and legibility. As others have said the letters aren't written in the way she's been taught. Some of her friends are way ahead of that and others behind.

Personally OP I wouldn't be teaching ahead of school where you live as there's no point unlearning what they've been taught at home. Just go with the school pace.

3-6 depending on their development. 5 on average?

4 to 5. My little boy just turned 5 and his writing was like this around the time he started school

Around 5/6. Possibly year 1 or 2. Did they spell the words themselves though or copy? As a 5 year old might be able to write like that but unlikely to be able to spell all those words correctly.

There is tons of research about the results of teaching kids to read and write older.
(it’s not bad) I’m not a teacher but it’s my understanding that developing pre writing and pre reading skills at this age is more important - reading together, cutting things, using stickers, using play doh , doing Lego.

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Absolutely. That's why I posted above saying don't worry, and focus on the love of books and learning. Not the formal writing and reading.

Behind what though? If her peers aren’t going to start reading until 6 then she’s ahead surely?