She suggests that students practice every day. Each child is given a 2" x 4" card and asked to practice the letters in their name daily. If they make a mistake in writing their name, they simply get a new card and start over. Students will name the letters for their teachers daily. The teacher should select one letter from their name to practice until the brain and the fingers make the connection. After a while students will have confidence and control and then forming the letters will become automatic.
It is important that students learn to form the letters correctly from the very beginning of their interest in writing.
Many student come to school already writing their names. Unfortunately, parents and grandparents have taught children to write his or her name in all capital letters. The students have unlearn what they already know and then learn a new way do the same thing they have already learned.
It is a proud day for everyone the first time a child writes his or her name. Celebrations are the order of the day!
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