Emergent Writing Activities For Preschoolers. Children as young as 2 years old begin to imitate the act of writing by creating drawings and symbolic markings that represent their thoughts and ideas rowe neitzel 2010. Five ways to use letter manipulatives alphabet games l.
Early writing often used synonymously with the term emergent writing encompasses the following. Let them use markers crayons colored pencils dry erase markers etc. Emergent writing activities don t have to be formal.
A the manual act of producing physical marks i e mechanics b the meanings children attribute to these markings i e composition and c understandings about how written language works i e orthographic knowledge.
This activity will also help children master fine motor skills and proper pencil group. Promoting preschoolers emergent writing. Play doh and drinking straws. Since this is the first stage in early writing skills children will be getting prepped to move into the stage of letters and letter like forms.
