Several months ago Morgan was very "into" writing things - not drawing. She was "writing." She would write on anything she could get her hands on. She continued that stage for several weeks. Then, suddenly, she wouldn't write anything. When I would ask her to add something to the grocery list (which previously she would jump at), she would say, "momma I don't know how to write."
I knew that we were moving forward in development from knowing what writing is and what it is for, to knowing that the shapes have to be "right." Since the writing phase stopped, she has become more interested in letters, what they look like, what they sound like, etc. She has been asking me to read specific words (i.e. "Momma, what does this say?"). She takes my finger and places it on the word she wants to know. Sometimes, she runs her finger under the (memorized) words and reads them to me, to herself, to her sister, to her dolls, etc.
In the last couple of days she's back to writing things again. She uses left to right scribbles (you know the kind that look like doctor's writing). She usually can tell me what it says - which is probably better than most doctors. Often she writes the names of people at school, or our sitter's kids, etc.. She has an interest in making letters, but her fine motor skills often frustrate her. The activity books that she picked out do not give incentive for writing - just for copying letters (if you see the difference) and that doesn't interest her enough to practice writing.
This evening she told me she wanted to write a letter to Eli (sitter's oldest son). So, we went to the desk to get some paper and a pen. I asked her if she wanted me to show her how to write his name. She said yes. We talked about how it might be spelled (luckily his name pretty much sounds like each letter). I wrote E l i on the paper. Then she said "I will write it." Please see the images below for Morgan Jo's first word. She wrote his name legibly (for a not quite 3 year old) three times.
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