Is is right to teach a 3 yo kid to write down the numbers 0-10?

Question

My kid's playgroup teacher tried hard to teach the kids to write down numbers

Answer 1

I think that showing them how to write numbers and practicing a little bit is okay, but trying too hard is inappropriate. Some children just don't have the coordination at this age. If she is pushing the children too hard, I would consider changing to a different playgroup. Children need a loving, warm environment to learn with goals that aren't impossible to obtain.

Answer 2

As long as she's an experience handwriting teacher. Some people try teaching things like that, then the kids grow up not knowing the correct way to hold a pencil, and their handwriting never changes.

My daughter made her little fs backwards, and she taught my son to do the same. He still makes them that way! I tried to teach her the right way, and eventually she learned, but my son couldn't change, and they were both honor students throughout school. My daughter's pre-school teacher taught her how to write, but she didn't pay attention and notice that my daughter had the f backwards until it was almost too late.

So just check the results and retrain her if you notice a problem.

Otherwise, it's fine for kids to learn almost anything.

My youngest grandson could write numbers when he was 2, and also his first name.




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Answer 3

Depends on the children. My oldest child could write numbers up to 10 and her first and last name before she turned 4. And she is still very much into writing and reading. My other two kids want nothing to do with writing. I think if she is teaching a group, she should stick with number recognition at this point. But if the teacher notices an expressed desire from any of them to learn to write, then she should work with them on an individual basis. But she must not push them too much at this stage of development, as most 3 year olds are still too much in the scribble stage of writing to be able to correctly make a defining line.

Answer 4

if the child wants to learn, it's okay. this is not an activity that 3 year olds should be guided to do. at this age, the thing to do is build fine motor skills. playing with little things, manipulating little things, painting and finger paints, also.

children learn best when what they're learning is relevant to them. assuredly writing numbers is not relevant to 3 year olds - except the number 3. that would be a good number for them to learn about, play with, practice drawing.

far more important is just playing at this age. kids do not do better in school when they spend years on academics in preschool - they do better in school when they have appropriate pre-school events - including just being home with a mommy who reads to them and points out letters.

in fact, the only kids who do better going to preschool before K are kids of uneducated single moms. the studies show that preschool doesn't help kids of two parent families whose moms are raising them. they're already getting what they need at home and don't need subsittutes and artificial curriculums to get them ready.

people have really been sold a bill of goods, believing that little tiny kids are benefitted by academic instruction. there is NO science that supports this. all the science says a child under 5 learns best in the context of a one on one relationship with mom.

Answer 5

It's ok to get them to practice as long as it's fun and not a boring worksheet. I was a preschool teacher and I made up flash cards of the numbers as people. It was Mr. 1, Mrs. 2, etc. and the kids loved it. I didn't push them to write the numbers but they wanted to imitate them during coloring time.

However if she is constantly drilling them or making them write the numbers over and over the children will get frustrated. Perhaps it's time to investigate a new play group for your child.

Answer 6

3 years old is not too young. In Italy kids are already starting to read at by age 4, and Jewish kids memorize the Torah from an early age (5?). In America we have forgotten how quickly kids can learn from a tender age.

Answer 7

Why not? My kids were both able to write the numbers at age 3. It's not uncommon. I think it's expected that a kid be able to write those before Kindergarten now.

Answer 8

If she is enjoying what she is doing there is no harm in it, it is another creative way to spend time with your child. My son was writing and learning letters at age two. Not to brag but that is what he wanted to do, so we went with it.

If she is not enjoying it, I would not do it, because this will turn her off from school.

Oh sorry I did not read the whole comment please forgive me, if your child is not enjoying what the teacher is trying to do you need to have a talk with her and let her know that at age three this is not a necessary skill. Learning to recognize them would be more appropriate, but handwriting at age three when the child is not ready is not good. If she is enjoying it, I don't see any harm in it.

Answer 9

Yes. It prepares them for when they go to preschool..I feel if they could talk we as parents could start teaching them first...after all we are their teachers, make it into a game by a book with the numbers and then one of those magnetic boards for your fridge and since they are learning the skill have them right it by tracing then by putting it together on the fridge then provide them with some kind of reward...I did. before my child went to Daycare he was 3 he knew his phone number and how to count along with his name and how to spell it. Now my son is 9 years old and already skipped a grade and I still continue to work with him after all these are the kids of our future and I want them to be as smart and successful as they can.

Answer 10

Depends on the kid.Some have the interest to start writing at that age and some don't.If they make it fun or have something they trace then it would help.But many 3 year olds I know of don't yet have the patience or are able to control a pencil that well.