can I teach my 4 years old daughter to write and read?

Question

she holds the pen as a knife :-)

Answer 1

Ofcourse you can teach her to read, i mean shouldnt she be starting school now?

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Yes you can teach your daughter to read and write... it will not be easy in the beginning as she will not understand what is happening and would feel that you are entering her space and want to take away the pencil from her. Sit with her and teach her how to use the pencil/pen, the way she should hold it. Hold the pen with her so she could see an example of how it should be hold. first make scrabble marks so she can get use to the pen then when she is confortable with the pen you can start teaching her words and things like that. She first need to feel comfortable with you and you with her... be patient with her... when she first see what she can do believe me she will enjoy it and start doing it on her own where then you can go on teaching her other things. Hope i was of any help.

Answer 4

Yes, and I would think the first step in writing would be holding the pen or pencil correctly. I find pencils easier for my son.

I have a four year old son and we work on recognizing numbers 1-10 and upper case letters (everyday).
He can verbally spell his name, hello, and hot. I put the words into little songs and these are the ones he caught on to.
We just started writing his name and 1,2,3 yesterday. He did a really good job. I wrote his name and he copied the line strokes to the best of his ability. I was surprised to see how well he did.
Good luck and remember make learning a game not a chore.

Answer 5

Please remember that 4 year olds vary widely in their physical abilities and so many do not have the motor skills to write well or at all. This is a great reason not to compare your children to others. Another thing to remember is that most 4 year old "readers" read by memorization. In other words they have learned to "read" many words by the way they look, but they cannot read words they have not seen yet.
That being said, if you want to begin to teach your daughter reading and writing skills, the best thing to do is to read to her at least 15 mins a day. If you want to take it further, then spend time playing with her with pens and pencils and crayons. Model how to hold a pen and pencil for her, but do not "make" her hold it correctly, she will catch on by watching you. In our family, we make cards for family and friends that we can mail to them. Don't worry about real letters yet, unless she is interested. I write in a "translation" of everything my daughter writes in her cards. Kids at this age learn by play, so as long as you keep it fun, I'm sure she will happily learn whatever it is that you want to teach her.
Good Luck and have fun, I think watching kids grow and learn is amazing.

Answer 6

Montessori schools use "sandpaper letters" to teach young children how to form letters. Rather than with paper and pencil, the children trace the shape of the letter with their fingers alone, then move on to writing with a pencil.

Now, this may seem untraditional, but with the Montessori method, we teach children cursive before print. The fluid motion of forming cursive letters is easier for a child than the pieced together print that is taught first in most public schools. Below is a link to download templates for making your own sandpaper letters (just cut out the sandpaper in that shape and mount to some hard surface.

Answer 7

My 5 year old daughter taught herself to read and write when she was 3 1/2, but my 4 year old cannot read or write at all and refuses to try, she just gives up!! My children are 5, 4, 2, and 5 months old. I think it depends on the individual child- if she is eager to learn and ready she will pick up on it very fast, you don't have to sit there and explain every detail, just read to her every day for 30 mins, and you can buy fun workbooks for her to practice if she is excited about it, but don't force it. Also playing board games is fun, puzzles. The dollar stores sometimes have a good selection of workbooks, I was surprised, so don't spend a lot of money on them.

Answer 8

My parents said they gave us a pencil crayon and some paper as early as we could hold them we soon had fun my mum kept the "drawings" well if u can call them that lol in a memory box of each of our childhood its good to look back on old scrap books and photo's of us lot drawing (well scribbling)

I'm sure your daughter would love to write and read and if you keep em don't embarrass her bf when shes older by getting the pic's out and scribbles like my mum did lol

have fun she will be an a+ student in no time

Answer 9

Hi Marina,
Yes, you can support what she's doing in pre-school, if she goes, but at this age the most critical thing is socailization so I woulndn't make this your focus. How to play, share, feel confident, etc. I have a four year old too. It's tempting to want to "keep up with the Jonses" here but really learning social skills and those things are more important. They will learn academics in Kindergarden. But it can't hurt to teach letters and numbers, and you should do lots of reading and music! Those are sure fire ways to help with academics :) Best, Sharon

Answer 10

It takes a lot of practice to hold a pen or pencil the 'normal' way. You can allow your child to write with crayons since they are easier to maneuver in little hands.
Get the paper made for learning to write with wide lined sections to practice on.
As your daughter practices writing her ABC's and her name you tell her the sound each letter makes.
You will need to read to her a lot and allow your daughter to look at the words with you.
It is possible to learn to read at four - I was reading at that age - but it is not mandatory. She will learn at her own pace so just work with her patiently.

Answer 11

Yes you can!! At that age they actually really enjoy it!
My friend taught my god-daughter to read and write. She used to make it a game. Like when she was in the shower sh would sing the letters of her name. And she also taught her to count that way.
They enjoy coping too. My god-daughter started off writing her name, mum, dad, and who ever else was about.
You just need to encourage her!!
There are lots of books that they can learn to write with, cost as little as $2-. Also we had a video, called learning ABC, which teaches the alphabet. It was really good! Highly recommended. It is nearly 20 years old i think.

Hope it goes well