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Valentine’s Day Card Writing Tips for Preschoolers

January 9, 2015 4 Comments
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We all know that Valentine’s Day is a day to profess our love for the important people in our lives, but Valentine’s Day cards can also be perfect excuse for having your preschoolers practice their early writing skills!

Preschoolers often need quite a bit of support for early writing, and that is OK! Here are some easy ways to help your child write “I Love You” to a special person this Valentine’s Day!

Write Valentines

Use a Highlighter

Write out the words with a highlighter (any color will do!) and allow your child to trace the words with their pencil. Don’t worry if their writing is shaky or incomplete. They are just learning and it will take time to make it right!

Write highlight

A few tips:

  • Help your child hold their pencil with a proper grip. Bad habits are hard to break, so if your child grabs their pencil in a fist, you’ll want to take the pencil away and have them “pinch” it instead.
  • Write in uppercase and lowercase letters. We don’t write in all uppercase as adults, so do your child’s future Kindergarten teacher a favor and work on both cases from the beginning.

Write in Sand (Then Take a Photo!)

Tactile activities like writing in sand can really help kids to remember the shape of letters. Put some loose sand in a small box or on a tray. Have your child write the letters/words in the sand. Perk: if they mess up, it is incredibly easy to fix! Take a picture of each word as they write it and print (or email) their writing to their loved ones.

Write sand

Use Wikki Sticks

The waxy, bendable sticks known as Wikki Sticks are perfect for helping kids to form letter.

write with wikki

Write the words “I Love You” on a piece of paper. Have your child bend the Wikki Sticks to match the shapes of the lettering.

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Make “The Dots”

My middle son always asks me to “make the dots.” By making the dots, he means to make dot marks to represent the letters so he can trace them. There are several free fonts, including KG Primary Dots that allow you to “type” in tracing dots!

Write dots

I keep a roll of sentence strip paper around to allow the boys to practice writing. You can even buy dry erase sentence strips so you can reuse them!

Magnetize Their Writing

Using a magnetic cookie tray, let your child build words before they write them for added practice. I prefer letters with a complete magnetic back, so that there are not magnetic pieces that can fall off and be accidentally swallowed.

Write Magnet

 Rewrite with a Dry Erase Board

I love how dry erase boards make writing exciting for kids. I like to use a lined dry erase board so that my children can practice proper handwriting from the start.

Write dry erase

What do you do to allow your emergent writer participate in the card-making process?

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Check out these other ideas while you are here:

  • How to Teach Your Preschooler to WriteHow to Teach Your Preschooler to Write
  • How to Build a Strong Writing Foundation Early in LifeHow to Build a Strong Writing Foundation Early in Life
  • Using Books with Familiar Characters to Motivate Young ReadersUsing Books with Familiar Characters to Motivate Young Readers
  • How to Build a Strong Writing Foundation Early in LifeHow to Build a Strong Writing Foundation Early in Life
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  1. Barb @ A Life in Balance says

    January 9, 2015 at 12:06 pm

    So many fun ways to help preschoolers! I’m sharing this with my readers.
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  2. Gina Badalaty says

    January 9, 2015 at 4:36 pm

    You realize this is also perfect for older kids who have trouble with writing, like my daughter? I love it! Pinning 🙂
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  3. Sarah @ Finnegan and The Hughes says

    January 9, 2015 at 9:36 pm

    love these!!!!!
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  4. Jessica @eatsleepbe says

    January 10, 2015 at 2:17 pm

    Cute!

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Heather Schugar is an educator, author, and mom-of-all-trades. She holds a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction, and her work has has been featured in national outlets such as The New York Times, The Atlantic, Real Simple magazine, and Men’s Fitness.

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