http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/448348/how-do-you-teach-a-three-year-old-how-to-wright-his-abc-and-123 GreatSchools en-us cdsinckler Don't push it. Use jumbo crayons and begin with the letters of your child's name. Scribbling and smushing in playdough are great activities for children also. These activities build fine ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/448348/how-do-you-teach-a-three-year-old-how-to-wright-his-abc-and-123?cpage=1#comment_515087 5100.515087 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:41:47 -0700 davis8 I made this a fun experience, although it can be messy. I used finger paint, pudding, shaving cream and even sand. This gave them the strokes and the feel before ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/448348/how-do-you-teach-a-three-year-old-how-to-wright-his-abc-and-123?cpage=1#comment_499867 5100.499867 Sun, 12 Jul 2009 08:01:39 -0700 rscrib Read, read, read... Children love to read, or at that age be read too. That's the first place we started with all eight of our children and they all learned ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/448348/how-do-you-teach-a-three-year-old-how-to-wright-his-abc-and-123?cpage=1#comment_497779 5100.497779 Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:39:51 -0700 tjlove Hi Sad1869, Thanks for your post. It's great to have the perspective of a preschool teacher on this thread. I hope you'll consider joining our Parents of Preschoolers group where ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/448348/how-do-you-teach-a-three-year-old-how-to-wright-his-abc-and-123?cpage=1#comment_490151 5100.490151 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:31:11 -0700 sad1869 It's not important for a three year old to write. I am a preschool teacher and some children like to write and have interest and some aren't. Don't push it. ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/448348/how-do-you-teach-a-three-year-old-how-to-wright-his-abc-and-123?cpage=1#comment_488856 5100.488856 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:05:13 -0700 1seremen I think the best way to teach a three year old how to write ABC and 123 is to read, read, read to /with him or her, and expose your ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/448348/how-do-you-teach-a-three-year-old-how-to-wright-his-abc-and-123?cpage=2#comment_463095 5100.463095 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:43:54 -0700 andrummond At three years old, your biggest concern is putting a pen, pencil or crayon in your child's hand. It takes a lot of practice to control that crayon. Supply a ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/448348/how-do-you-teach-a-three-year-old-how-to-wright-his-abc-and-123?cpage=2#comment_462792 5100.462792 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:38:41 -0700 laurenmlynn Don't worry about writing just yet. Let her be 3 and scribble, make crosses (which crosses the midline of the body, an important skill), X's, etc. Anything multisensory will be ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/448348/how-do-you-teach-a-three-year-old-how-to-wright-his-abc-and-123?cpage=2#comment_452305 5100.452305 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:59:16 -0700 anoionted the best way is to introduce a letter a week or even two or three then once the child know the letter have the child trace them daily, but be ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/448348/how-do-you-teach-a-three-year-old-how-to-wright-his-abc-and-123?cpage=2#comment_450698 5100.450698 Sat, 20 Jun 2009 09:30:16 -0700 woofwoof What on earth is the hurry to get a 3 year old to write letters or numbers?! They're still toddlers at this age! Most kids aren't even remotely developmentally ready ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/448348/how-do-you-teach-a-three-year-old-how-to-wright-his-abc-and-123?cpage=2#comment_450653 5100.450653 Sat, 20 Jun 2009 07:18:49 -0700 amyaew6 Well the 4mat that i used was 2 write my child's name down on a peace of large cardboard with color, which really got her attention, now 2 her this ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/448348/how-do-you-teach-a-three-year-old-how-to-wright-his-abc-and-123?cpage=3#comment_450170 5100.450170 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:11:26 -0700 dhfl143 Children begin writing by first learning to make squiggles on a page, and then those squiggles and lines start to resemble shapes and letters. I think this PDF might be ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/448348/how-do-you-teach-a-three-year-old-how-to-wright-his-abc-and-123?cpage=3#comment_449854 5100.449854 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:59:30 -0700 TeacherParent Many three year olds are just learning their numbers and letters - asking a three year old to write their letters and numbers might be asking too much. Only if ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/448348/how-do-you-teach-a-three-year-old-how-to-wright-his-abc-and-123?cpage=3#comment_449822 5100.449822 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:29:37 -0700 egrigg Kumon has a set of books you can get from Target. They start off with tracing paths little animals take along a road and eventually the child is tracing numbers ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/448348/how-do-you-teach-a-three-year-old-how-to-wright-his-abc-and-123?cpage=3#comment_449730 5100.449730 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:38:05 -0700 sjwhit I like dry erase books that have games and letters that the kids can trace over and over again. Make it fun. I also have a page from a book ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/448348/how-do-you-teach-a-three-year-old-how-to-wright-his-abc-and-123?cpage=3#comment_449673 5100.449673 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:20:23 -0700 either I kept magnets on the fridge and we would read (I would recite) Dr. Suess ABC book, Big A Little A what begins with A, and she would put the ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/448348/how-do-you-teach-a-three-year-old-how-to-wright-his-abc-and-123?cpage=4#comment_449578 5100.449578 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:04:36 -0700 dhfl143 This article may be of interest: http://www.pbs.org/parents/readinglanguage/toddler/writing_milestone_toddler.htmland http://mylittlefingers.blogspot.com/2006/12/writing.htmlI use to fill a pan with 1/4" salt and let my child write the letters in the "sand" with their finger then ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/448348/how-do-you-teach-a-three-year-old-how-to-wright-his-abc-and-123?cpage=4#comment_449319 5100.449319 Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:46:44 -0700 easterbunny222 Hello,to get a three year old to write and learn their abcs and numbers ,what about playdough? Have your child roll out long tubes that can be formed into numbers ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/448348/how-do-you-teach-a-three-year-old-how-to-wright-his-abc-and-123?cpage=4#comment_449239 5100.449239 Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:50:54 -0700 healthy11 I know every child is different, but often boys develop fine motor skills later than girls. Your son may not be ready to write yet. You can still do "letter ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/448348/how-do-you-teach-a-three-year-old-how-to-wright-his-abc-and-123?cpage=4#comment_448646 5100.448646 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:05:26 -0700 tjlove Get a piece of paper and start with one or two letters. I always like to start with the first letter of the child's name. You can hold the pencil ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/448348/how-do-you-teach-a-three-year-old-how-to-wright-his-abc-and-123?cpage=4#comment_448463 5100.448463 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:32:51 -0700