A Framework for Understanding Early Writing Development
Review a framework for teachers to evaluate and understand the writing that young children produce.
Alphabet Knowledge and Early Writing
Resources here can help teachers and caregivers promote learning skills related to recognizing and naming letters, associating sounds with each letter, and progressing from marks and drawing to forming letters.
Alphabet knowledge and early writing make up one of the five key skills, or the Big 5, in the Planned Language Approach. Resources on the other Big 5 skills cover background knowledge, book knowledge and print concepts, oral language and vocabulary, and phonological awareness.