I suggested the idea of writing in the air last week. I wasn’t being sarcastic. That really is a recommended activity for young children. This is great if you would like the child to guess the letter that is being ‘written’ in the air. To do this, the adult should gently hold the child’s dominant hand and draw a letter of the alphabet in the air. The letter should be ‘written’ according to the correct order without any jerky movements to distract the child’s concentration. Initially, you may need to do this slowly and repeat it a few times. Letters like ‘i’, ‘l’ and ‘o’ are an easy start to this game.
Writing in the air is not suitable for what I intend to do with Stella. To find out if Stella is able to form the letters that she knows in the correct order, I need to be able to physically see the formations as well as her writing to be certain. At this stage, I will still be doing this by inviting her to a finger-painting session with me. Today would have been a fine day for such an activity but Stella begged to go to the beach when she got up from her short nap. It looks like it will have to be carried out next week because Stella will be playing with Lachlan at the big park tomorrow. There really is no rush. I hate to rush a child to do anything that is ever so slightly ‘academic’. At her age, Stella should be having lots of fun like playing outside. She is already quite advance for her age so there really is no need to rush at all.
It is 12:07 AM! I need my beauty sleep.
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