DRAWING AND HANDWRITING PREPARATION FOR CHILDREN

Abstract

This paper will point out the importance of drawing in the preparation of children for writing, as well as the opportunities and ways to lay the foundations, in the year before starting school, on which they will later learn to write legibly, with ease, in a timely fashion and presentable style. Training for writing should flow in connection with what is taught about the language and phonological structure of words, with the development of other skills that enable communication and the achieved general level of readiness for school. Children will learn to write at school through specific practices. Art activities, such as drawing, especially contribute to the general development of the hand and fingers and help to develop manual dexterity. Drawing, in the year before starting school, allows chil- dren to skillfully manage their gestures and develop good hand-eye coordination which is a basis for the adoption of writing skills.