Practicing at home

Dear parents here is a public service announcement from yours truly — once your child shows interest in holding a crayon and or pencil, there is no harm in teaching them letters. Start with the letters of their name and move on from there.

Now, while I say this, I don’t intend that two year olds should know how to write their name or to have interest in such things. However, each child is different. I can say for certain that one of my two year olds was writing her name and cutting out shapes at two and a half while another one of my children wasn’t doing so until age four.