My report in PSE6.

3. Max Bunny’s hilarious
misadventures in
trying to buy
ingredients for a
birthday cake for
Grandma, is a
perfect preschool
writing story.

5. A typewriter also makes a good
introduction to the computer.
When you plan to bring a
computer into the classroom, start
with typewriter if you can.
Children can practice pressing
keys and will soon learn that
pressing only one key at a time is
the way to print a letter, and
pressing several keys at once
makes a key jam.

7. Children love to hear
these stories and look at
the pictures over and
over. They quickly get
their own ideas about
communicating by writing,
and they may want to
start note-writing
campaign, making their
own demands.

9. Besides scribbling, preschool
children will soon begin trying
to print alphabet letters of their
names. Some children have
already started printing their
names at home. Others may
know only the first initial.
Should you teach these
children the ABCs?

10. The answer is “not really”.
They will teach themselves
the letters they need to
know if you provide them
with developmentally
appropriate materials and
opportunities.

11. As Green (1998) notes,
“Knowledge of all letter
names and forms is by no
means a prerequisite to
writing. Many children
begin writing their names
when they know only a few
letter forms.”