How it is correct to prepare a hand for the letter, being engaged with the preschool child? Many parents, being engaged with children in preparation for school, ask this question. Modern teachers with regret notice that first graders rather often experience difficulties in mastering initial writing skills.
The letter is the skill including performance of the movements of a hand, coordinate and difficult for the child. Technology of the letter always demands that small muscles of a hand worked accurately and harmoniously. Not less important in mastering skills of writing of letters and words development of any attention and visual perception in the child.
In the course of preparation of a hand for the letter, many notice as far as the behavior of the child differs from behavior of the adult in the course of writing of letters and words. Many first graders incorrectly hold the handle, it is difficult to them to be guided in a notebook, when painting and drawing actively twist the sheet of paper extensively. It says only that they have no sufficient experience and they difficult are given work at a table.
By preparation of a hand of the child for the letter, it is necessary to remember that at children of 5-6 years small muscles of hands are developed, coordination of movements is also imperfect as ossification of phalanxes of fingers and wrists is not finished. The motive and visual analyzers which are directly participating in reproduction and in perception of letters are only at a development stage. It explains why at the very beginning of training in the letter often children do not distinguish in letters of elements. They are not capable to perceive a configuration of letters completely and therefore they do not notice minor changes in elements of its structure.
How correctly there takes place preparation process, it is possible to judge by that, all complex of preparation is how created: as the speed and a rhythm of the speech is combined with the movements of a hand and an eye, the ability to operate a hand and fingers is how developed. If the child to seven-year age learns to operate fingers and hands, to find printing and written letters in the text and to register basic elements of letters, it will be quite enough for its further training in the letter. The main thing — not age of the child, but his readiness for training process. It is possible to determine readiness by the following signs: • whether the kid is able to read; • whether he is able to write printing letters well; • whether the hand of the kid is well prepared for the letter; • whether it has a desire to learn to write with "adult" capital letters? Training of some children in the letter sometimes is followed by emotional pressure. Children very often endure the first failures and difficulties. Many parents note that the child's hand kind of does not obey, lines do not go there where it is necessary. In such situation it is possible to take a hand of the kid in the and to try to write letters together. The child always has the right for a mistake. At the initial stage of training it is very important to cause in the child positive emotions that failures and mistakes did not cause desire to give up classes in the kid. By preparation for the letter, it is necessary to monitor preservation at the child of a good bearing and behind that, landing is how correct during the classes: equal shoulders are a little lowered down; the back direct, the head has to be slightly inclined. The child should not touch a table by a breast not to complicate breath, elbows should not hang down.
Preparing a hand for the letter, being engaged with the kid of 3-4 years, you should not neglect various pyramids, matryoshkas, mosaics, they will help children's fingers to get stronger, develop fine motor skills. Its handles will become mobile and dexterous, and further the letter will be given much easier.