Your little guy is finally writing! You are so proud! The first thing you want to do is be sure his grip on the marker, crayon, or pencil is correct. If you do not correct the grip now (when he is 2 yrs.) it will be permanent by the time he arrives at school, and the grip will not be easy to change by then. This could lead to years of problems with illegible handwriting.
Another important writing tip - Teach him to write his name WITH LOWER CASE LETTERS and one capital at the beginning PLEASE! Many children learn to write with all capital letters before kindergarten – great! The problem is – most of the letters we use to read and write are lower case letters. Even commercially made letter games usually concentrate on the capital letters – I’m not sure why. Teach him lower case letters. Capitals are mainly used at the beginning of each sentence and for proper nouns/names. His kindergarten teacher will be sooooo happy if you follow these two small pieces of writing advice!
