writing small - in the lines

[angelbutterfly]

I have a boy who is 4 and a half and can't write small as in the lines. He is in reception and every morning the kids go in and have to do writing letters all the kids can do hand writing small and in the lines.he can write the letters but they are big he can't do them small.The teacher said he did some writing the other day but wasn't concentrating and she couln't read it.The other kids have commented on it and the teacher said not to worry but i can't help it.he is one of the youngest in his class and does not like writing (likes reading).i just hope he's going to get it before he starts year one.

I didn't think they even started this until the end of reception. Ds (4.5) has only just started writing smaller but a lot of the children in his class can't write anything yet so I wouldn't be concerned. I think with the young ones the teachers concentrate on a lot of the basics in year 1 as they are just too young when they are in reception.

HE IS 4.

At that age the teacher should be persuading him to write anything, doesn't matter if its back to front, whatever as long as he has a go.

I hate all this 'stay in the lines' rubbish, neatness is the last thing a child in Reception should be worrying about.

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Sorry, but that sort of stuff really annoys me!

thank you for your words of confidence he is just sooo young to be writing it's just hard when there the only one to be not doing it right

He is in receptin an his teacher worries about that?

The other children comment on it?

I am a bit [shoked],whenever I go to my Dcs school, I alway look at the displays of children's work (all the children , not just my DCs) there is not much tidy writting there until the end of year one at least and not all off them either.

My only advice is for you to work on it at home with him if you are really worried, but it seems pretty normal to me.

Ds3 is in reception as well and can write his name very tidy, but anything else he has not written loads of times before, is of all sort of size letters.

ed even!