This stage is known as invented spelling. The next stage of writing is represented by approximated or phonetic spellings. Both programs offer a text to speech feature so children can hear what they have written. Adults may use this program in group activities to model writing as children write stories together. In the last stage of writing conventional spellings, children s approximated spellings become more and more conventional.
Children usually write their own names first, followed by words such as mom and dad.
Head Start emergent literacy training guides.