Explain Why It Is Important To Develop Early Childhood Writing Skills

In early education, there is now an awareness of how essential it is for children to develop literacy skills from a young age. They recognize an initiative in preschool, kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade to have students ready to read and write by the 3rd grade. There are numerous steps for a child to develop excellent writing and reading skills. Each step is equally important in a child's development. Why is writing important to develop in preschool? The article How DO I Write? Scaffolding Preschoolers Early Writing Skills approaches into detail the importance of writing skills in preschool. This article breaks down four levels of early writing development which are designed to provide teachers how to evaluate the child’s writing skills. This

Some students know their alphabet, the letters in their name and some students are not aware of all the letters in the alphabet. The question in the article asked how can she help all her students that are at different stages of their development? Mrs. Jackson wants her students to develop early writing skills and needs to know the skills to help her students develop. Many preschool teachers receive limited training and guidance on how to give individual instructions to the students on how to increase their writing skills. The article provides answers on how to identify the level of development of each student in writing and gives examples, how to scaffold the writing skills for each student. According to the article “this article will help teachers individualize early writing support for all students and at the same time foster other important early literacy skills through writing” (Cabell,Gerde,Tortorelli,2013). Why do early writing skills matter? Early writing skills in preschoolers consist of producing physical marks, children have meaning to these marks, and understanding how written language works. Early writing skills can