Learning to write is a developed skill that is essential to literacy and school readiness and success! This book of "Lines, shapes, and Mazes" makes it fun to learn how to hold a pencil, control movements, and develop eye-hand coordination. Your child will enjoy finding his or her way through a maze, or spiral, or around shapes. Rather than starting with lines of alphabet letters to trace, this book offers colorful, attractive exercises to develop writing skills! Twenty writing practice pages are included in this book and tips on how to make this reusable are just inside! In addition, you will find connections to learning standards that these activities promote. Look at all the ways you can give your child an advantage on learning this important academic skill! * Learning to write is essential to learning to read! Writing helps children learn about reading and these sets also promote linguistic skills...also essential to literacy! You'll find lots of things to "talk about" with each page! * Eye-hand coordination and muscle strength are basic skills needed in writing and these books offer opportunities to develop both! * independence and persistence! Who doesn't benefit from these learning attributes? * Being able to control hand movements promotes self-regulation, the ability to stop, pause, and think...which is carried over to every other learning domain. * Opportunities to cross the midline of the body can promote brain development. * Practice makes perfect! Being able to practice something until it is mastered is not only satisfying, it is skill-building! Children enjoy the simple, do-able sheets! * Many of the sheets also promote problem-solving skills. Mazes are challenging and fun! * Full-color, attractive sheets are appealing to children as opposed to filling in lines of letters. These sheets begin with basic movements that provide a foundation for more refined work later. The lines are easier to follow and are larger for beginner writers!
About the Author: Janice Jobey is an early childhood expert specializing in literacy, early learning, and mental health. Her early childhood experiences with hearing and speech challenges have provided the passion for promoting phonological awareness in young children through every day events. Her vast experiences from childhood to "grandmother-hood" provide the basis for her books and speaking engagements. She holds graduate degrees in child development and education. She lives in rural Oklahoma where she enjoys writing books and literacy curriculum and spending time in her gardens and with her grandchildren.