Involve preschoolers – get them to sign their name in any and all greetings cards that you send out.
At first it’s a great way to teach them to recognise and write the letters in their name but bigger picture it’s a wonderful way to include and involve your child in family life. It also starts to demonstrate to your child that there is a joy in writing. I typically ask my son if he’d like to decorate the card after he’s signed it. Some times he does and sometimes he doesn’t.
If he does…it turns the card into a wonderful gift so long as you don’t associate any metaphors to the pictures…we’ve had a fishing boat catching a giant squid drawn in an anniversary card and a ship being sunk in a terrible storm drawn on a 40th birthday card. The receiver of the latter card commented that the picture captured her feelings about the day precisely!
A Preschooler Tip on Writing…