Print awareness activities help develop your child’s understanding of what print is, how print works, and how it is organized. These activities can help your young child practice the skills needed to become a strong writer.
- Write your child’s name or letters using an highlighter and have them trace the letters
- Practice writing letters in shaving cream
- Write letters in sand trays or in the sand on the playground
- Write letters in chalk
- Play with play-doh to strengthen hand muscles
- Play connect the dots to practice visual perception skills
- Rainbow writing – copying the same word in different colors