Answer to Question #204691 in English for Emily

Question

Name and discuss the first two emergent writing stages that children between birth and three years go through. Create pictures as examples for each stage. 

Answer 1

Emergent writing is young children's first attempts at the writing process. Children as young as two years old begin to imitate the act of writing by creating drawings therefore development of three to five olds' emergent writing by encouraging children to scribble and drawing. hence Children go through a series of stages as they are learning to write. From the first scribbles to writing names, there are anticipated stages. While the characteristics within these stages may vary upon the child and the lines between the stages a bit blurry, the series of stages are predictable and every child moves through the stages at some point for some period of time. The stages include scribbling or drawing and writing letter like symbols.

Scribbling/Drawing

Scribbling looks random, but to a child, scribbles are very purposeful. While scribbles do not resemble letters or writing, they do represent the ideas of a young writer. These beginning attempts to writing can be proud accomplishments to a youngster and should be encouraged. At his stage, thick crayons and markers on unlined paper is the most appropriate.

Letter-Like Symbols

At this stage in development, children make the connection that writers use symbols to convey meaning. Their scribbles have taken on more shape, such as circles, straight lines, and other figures of meaning to the child. However, there is little orientation at this stage, meaning that these letter-like forms will appear all over a page, not from top to bottom and left to right. Children are excited to share with others their writing and can often tell a story about their picture. Crayons, markers and blank paper are still appropriate writing tools.

Examples of pictures.