Practice makes Perfect!

I used to be worried when Yu Jie confuses the letters 'b', 'd', 'n' and wondered if she is dyslexic. After talking to some of my friends, it seems to be a common problem among the young learners. Of course, it will be of a concern if she continues as she grows older.

I also notice that she writes as if she is drawing, i.e. she has her own ways of drawing so that the final product looks like the letter. Hmm, I am not sure if it is acceptable but I think it is important how she writes. The principle is the same for the chinese characters, 横, 竖. We will write from the left to right, top to bottom. Yu Jie writes her 'a', 'b', 'd', ...  using 2 strokes. I taught her the cursive way - all in ONE stroke.

This link is useful as it has animation, showing how each letter is written.

During the Christmas week, she stayed home and I spent an hour daily to teach her the 'correct' way of writing the alphabets. Initially, she could not remember and she had to redo a number of times. Nothing beats the drills! She protested initially and I had to make the writing session short followed by play/TV and another hour of writing after her nap.

With the regular practices, she is confident of writing. I can dictate to her and she learns to spell words.
She is proud of her own writing and happily shows Papa. Her hard work has indeed paid off!
Hopefully she keeps up her good work!   (^.^)

Neat work!

She is putting in effort to write well.