Children’s
muscles need to be developed in the following order for them to become
successful writers…….
Shoulder
Muscles, examples
of activities we carry out in Nursery are : Crawling, den building, parachute
games, gardening (digging), PE sessions, climbing, self dressing, paint brush
with bucket of water making large marks outside, drumming etc.
Elbow
Muscles, examples
of activities we carry out in Nursery are: Baking, painting, bat and ball,
throwing, chalking, shaking instruments, play dough (rolling), zipping up
coats, stirring (baking), cars on tracks, small world activities etc.
Wrist
Muscles, examples
of activities we carry out in Nursery are: hand washing, cutting up fruit,
turning pages in books, mark making, scooping sand, pouring water, self dressing
(socks and shoes) dressing dolls, making play dough, using the computer (mouse)
etc.
Finger
Muscles, examples
of activities we carry out in Nursery are: Cutting, threading beads, finger
puppets, fastening buttons, jigsaws, keyboard typing, magnetic letters etc.
To help your child to become
successful writers provide them with activities to develop these muscles so
when they start Primary School they are ready to learn to write.
