Encourage your child to do things such as brushing teeth, buttoning and zipping clothes, and using forks and spoons without help. Ask your child to help you do real jobs, such as sorting and folding laundry, sweeping the porch, and making the beds. Play with your child. Together you can thread beads on laces, do puzzles, and roll or pound homemade play dough. Exchange samples of your child's writing with the caregiver so that you will both know what the child is doing and learning.
Preschoolers learn about writing when they see how people use writing every day.
Let your child see you write every day. Preschoolers like to do their own writing. Make sure your child has writing materials and places to write. Put the writing materials in an open box on a low shelf or in a bottom drawer in the kitchen so that the child can reach them without your help. Set up a place for writing in the room where your family spends the most time.