How old were your children when they could write their name?

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My child is 3 years old and everybody is surprised they can write their name at such young age, I thought it was common at this age?

#humblebrag

3 and a half...they were taught to do so at nursery

Just before they were 3 but both very simple names. Hardest letter between them is an a which he did as a circle with a line. So the letters weren't formed correctly but the names were legible.

I think it also depends on the name. I suspect it would be earlier for little Amy or Kai than for little Alexandra or Sebastian

A couple of months before turning 3 for my DS but he has a 3 letter name with relatively easy letters! He does sometimes get one of the letters back to front though.
He only learned because he went through a few weeks where he was obsessed with names and his chalk board 😅 If he hadn’t then I’m not actually sure that id have thought to teach him it before nursery/school 😳🙈 is that terrible?! 😂 what else am I supposed to teach this wee guy?! 😂

Surely there are so many factors to this too. Length of name and whether it sounds like it’s spelled must play a huge part. Eva is likely to pick up writing her name quicker than Gabriella for example?

Thisnisnso true 😂

If your three year old is writing “Angelica Esmeralda Cadwallader” that’s a bit more impressive than if she’s writing “Sue”

Anyway to answer your question mine was 3 and most kids we knew could also write their name age 3, except the poor children of the lazy thick mums who were all “why should I teach her, that’s the schools job”

My son was almost 4, he had very little interest in sitting down, never mind holding a pencil.

My daughter did it younger, she could also draw well very young and spoke in sentences very early. She was later diagnosed with autism so that probably had a lot to do with it.

Well now I'm super worried. DD is 4 and can't write her name. She goes to nursery 3 days a week and I've shown her and guided her several times. But nope. If she's got something to write with and on, she's going to be colouring.

Ds now 20 was almost 4. His name has 6 letters.

Dd now 12 was just turned 3. Her name has 4 letters.

Both are autistic. They have identical handwriting which is beautiful, tiny and freaks me out how I can’t tell it apart.

Depends on the name. If it’s Ava or Sam the it’s definitely going to be much sooner than Alexandria or something

Just over 3 and just showing an interest in letters.
We have handicapped her by giving her a 9 letter first name with 5 vowels and no shortened name. I'm sure if we had called her Jo she would pick it up slightly earlier!

My child has a long name. Could write her nickname in capital letters at 3. At 4 could write her full name neatly

DS1 - in first term of reception so 4, nearly 5
DS2 - I think in nursery so rising 4

Reception for both mine, they weren't interested in doing it before.

DS is 3 and can just about do it, but he's at pre-school and I think it's normal that they practice these things.

she was 7 hours old. such a genius

This is something I panic about. My son goes to a childminder and is learning letters there (and I try and fail to teach him at home) but I worry he'll be behind others who were able to go to nursery. We can only get him a place from next September for the pre-school class when he'll be a few months shy of four as the only nursery within walking distance is oversubscribed.

Currently he can only reliably recognise 'O' (for owl he says) despite being very interested in books and words in general and absolutely will not do any letter tracing or anything other than circles and scribbles on a piece of paper.

He's three next Friday and I was hoping he'd have made more progress by now. It doesn't help that I was a very academically gifted child so I think maybe my expectations are that he would be the same and I'm putting too much pressure on him 🙄

DD wasn't quite 3 when she wrote it unaided for the first time. She was also an early reader. She levelled off by high school though! She attended a Montessori nursery who taught her phonics and letters because she demonstrated readiness to learn. She also road her bike without stabilisers at 4 and was an expert at monkey bars.

It wasn't anything to do with me being a primary teacher, I just made sure she read and was read to copiously. I have taught plenty of Reception kids and some in year 1 who are still at early stages of writing. It's developmental and they won't all be ready at the same time.