Making Letter Formation Fun
Letter formation really is fun! If you are in early childhood education you likely already agree with me, but if your kids are anything like mine they may be harder to convince. In order to convince my children that there is nothing that they would rather be doing then practicing tracing and forming letters, I invented an elaborate story about a magical world where correctly (or at least somewhat legibly) printed letters were powerful runes. These runes (letters) give the children power to create and change things in the world. Now, forming letters allows them to perform feats of magic, save lives, grow grapes... Yes, I said grow grapes. Fantasy can't always be about rescuing princesses and fighting monsters. Sometimes you've got to eat. As a "side quest" in the Immersive Story Learning experience I've been developing, I created the Garden Letter Trace to help my daughter practice her handwriting skills and also because it's fun to do! The sto
