In Russia before the revolution, children went to school not earlier than 9-10 years. In our time, you can see many children who went to school when they were not yet six years old. The world is changing all the time, and the pace of life can not be compared with past centuries. But we should note that the school curriculum becomes more complicated every year, and our children's health does not increase.
This can easily be explained by the fact that already in the kindergarten in the preparatory group, children are trained for the required school level of writing. And then the child gets into the best class and needs to reach for the other guys. In this case, the least attention is paid to the quality of the letter, and the main emphasis is on processing a large amount of information.
You should take care in advance to develop a smooth beautiful handwriting from your baby. Consider that the school curriculum is quite complex and voluminous. It makes sense to prepare a child for writing about five years from now.
Parents should understand that it is not likely to quickly teach a child to write beautifully. After all, the child is difficult to first manage the pen, for this he needs to be accurate and painstaking, so parents should be patient and condescending to their child.
You should make sure that the child is ready to start classes and he has all the necessary qualities for this: hand strength, visual acuity. These factors should be at the appropriate level at the beginning of the classes. Remember that teaching something from scratch is difficult, but it is almost impossible to retrain.
How to conduct the diagnosis of vision - it is understandable, but training the hands requires some actions, which we will consider below. In order for the fingers and the hand of the baby to become stronger, it is recommended to use such exercises.
Give the child a pair of scissors and teach them how to use them. The first step will be the cutting of some large details, for example, geometric figures. Complicate tasks gradually: you need to cut out more complex parts and smaller. And from the carved figures you can make an application. Do not forget about safety!
Painting. At the age of five, the children are already quite well at work with a pencil and felt-tip pen, so shading is a good way to strengthen the hand. Do not save money on coloring books, let it combine pleasant with useful, and color pictures with pleasure.
Draw with the baby under the dictation. In this exercise you will need a pencil and a sheet of paper in a box. Just point the paper on the starting point, and let the kid draw on further, and you dictate to him the direction: one cell to the left, one cell up, one cell to the right and so on. As a result, you should get some kind of figure, for example, a dog. Choose a drawing in advance, you can for starters not very complicated. This exercise is suitable not only for the development of fine motor skills, but also for teaching the child to orient on a piece of paper.
From the baby you need attention, assiduity and strain of fingers in such activities as stringing beads on a fishing line, drawing a variety of drawings from different in color buttons, and even picking buckwheat.
Modeling. When a baby is molding something from plasticine, it is an excellent strengthening of the hands and even a kind of massage for palms and fingers.
The conclusion in this training will be working with a sheet of paper and a pen. It should be given tasks in which the kid will draw oblique and straight lines, dots, hatching, hooks. Take care that your student does not overwork and is able to relax. For this, after each drawn dash you can stop, inhale and exhale, and loosen the grip of the grip handle.
And only after all this can you go to learning writing letters. First, draw each element and at the same time pronounce each drawn rod or hook, for better comprehension and fixing.
Remember that a child can get tired after five minutes of working with calligraphy. Complaints on tired hands speak not so much of the numb fingers, but of the fact that the muscles of the forearm are tired, therefore it is necessary to stretch your arm.
In such cases, massage is best. Slapping and stroking the forearm from the back side towards the wrist from the elbow fold. Grab the muscle of the area you are massaging, and the pinching movements of the thumb and index finger, gradually shifting to the wrist and increasing the force of pressure. Rib of the palms make quick chopping movements across the muscles in the forearm zone.
But the most important rule in order to teach a child to write beautifully is emotional and psychological comfort in teaching. It is important to compare the child not with his other odnodokami, but with his previous achievements.
Often careless keeping of notebooks and awkward handwriting is typical for children who are too emotional, impulsive and restless. And it is often difficult for such children to explain why somehow written sticks are not good. After all, he spent physical and mental strength in writing these same wands as much as his diligent friend. In this case, negative criticism will be painful, and if you compare it with other more successful children, it can generally discourage the desire to do anything.
Know when your child says that everything turns out badly for him, it's not a desire to hear about his poor diligence, but a call for help. After all, this does not speak of his diligence, but of the fact that he does not feel the results of his painstaking work. For the successful learning of the work that is associated with writing, it is best to do together with the baby, slowly. Adhere to the principle that it is better to do less, but with greater quality.
Keep in mind that such a technique will give much better results in trying to correctly and quickly teach your child to write beautifully than repetition simply "for a tick".