Fine Wooden Toys

I particularly want to hear the kindergarten teachers and preschool. My 6 years old first grader at the school house and is clumsy in sports (football this season is his first exposure to organized sports). He also writes her letters from bottom to top, a habit that messy for the letters and it is very difficult to break.
I also have a four year old will be five in November, is in kindergarten part time and will be in kindergarten next fall. He spends a lot of time playing with tiny cars, crayons and blocks, tinker toys as Lincoln Logs and wooden tracks are his favorites. Nevertheless, his writing is so great and scribbling as I'm concerned, it is "fair for kindergarten" by next fall! He can write some letters, his own name may copy the forms and cut with scissors OK.

Any toys or activities FUN I can expose him to prepare for kindergarten? I guess I'm a little worried because his older brother had severe motor and fine motor difficulties.

Is it left-handed (one written funny)? My daughter is and she wrote this much and I try really hard to keep my son left to do the same. Homeschooling well. Do you belong to an association of school at home? What about co-op? they both PE programs here and that's what we're doing to help athletes. The yo about four sounds on track writing improve over time and those are my favorite activities 5 years. Try to leave the writing to a bowl of sand or on a board or dry erase everything he can to make pure entertainment. My son plays a lot on his www.starfall.com a free website and phonetics, we make a couple of boards per day in phonetic writing, and math and stay there right now. If you want a good program to try handwriting without tears. I know you can get it www.sonlight.com

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and the learn-how. It can not magically grow on its own.
Regarding the motor, drawing, legos, blocks, and that sort of thing.

I think the thread activities are good for fine motor skills like writing. Also track and point-to-point is a fun way, and using stencils. I think he is ahead in most cases, it may already cut with scissors. Jigsaws are good for fine motor skills too. Your six years it seems just a little more practical. Lots of praise when he does make his letters correctly. When they start to write, he joined will not have much choice but to start up TBH.

Hello, in the past while an early childhood educator, I find that doing a "connect the dashes" type of letter writing practice that works best. (Example - - - - - -),. In addition, recent studies say there is considerable variation in the rate of growth and development within a single age group in early childhood. So I do not care at all! and also, you have all the good ideas already in toys. "Play" is the best program to promote growth in all areas of development.