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We practice pre-writing and handwriting skills every day. My students love to practice on the whiteboard. Having a mobile whiteboard allows me to have more pre-writing and handwriting centers and activities. It also allows for small group instruction with a whiteboard. Repetition is key for my students; practice makes permanent. Students will learn other skills too. Handwriting is an important part of early childhood education. It promotes growth across several cognitive areas—one of the largest areas being phonics. In order to write a word, students must be able to sound it out and connect those sounds to written letters. This, in turn, helps with reading abilities and phonological decoding of more complex words. As writing becomes more automatic, children will learn sight words, build grammar skills, and understand how words are connected to each another in a sentence. Furthermore, writing builds motor skills. Young children first learning to write may have difficulty holding a pencil and putting it to paper, but more time and practice spent establishing good penmanship will translate into better motor planning and fine motor dexterity. It will also facilitate hand-eye coordination, which is an essential part of development during early childhood.

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We practice pre-writing and handwriting skills every day. My students love to practice on the whiteboard. Having a mobile whiteboard allows me to have more pre-writing and handwriting centers and activities. It also allows for small group instruction with a whiteboard. Repetition is key for my students; practice makes permanent. Students will learn other skills too. Handwriting is an important part of early childhood education. It promotes growth across several cognitive areas—one of the largest areas being phonics. In order to write a word, students must be able to sound it out and connect those sounds to written letters. This, in turn, helps with reading abilities and phonological decoding of more complex words. As writing becomes more automatic, children will learn sight words, build grammar skills, and understand how words are connected to each another in a sentence. Furthermore, writing builds motor skills. Young children first learning to write may have difficulty holding a pencil and putting it to paper, but more time and practice spent establishing good penmanship will translate into better motor planning and fine motor dexterity. It will also facilitate hand-eye coordination, which is an essential part of development during early childhood.

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