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Handwriting learning tools : Megasketchers and other options

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For a digital native like J,  one of the learning milestone challenges we are having is handwriting.  We have been giving her workbooks, coloring books,  new and pretty crayons,  different types of pens just to encourage her to write or start to love writing.  We have allow her to write on walls because she seems to be interested in writing with chalk but that eventually graduated to all other writing implements only on walls and other surfaces except paper.  There has to be major patience (and detergent and vinegar wiping on walls) to be applied here but we know it would pass.   At 3,  she already reads even big words,  tough words (huh by the way i will try her out later to check if she can decipher tough.. tough is tough) like advertisement,  wellness, Bible, Psalms, business,  she can mentally spell small words, type in words and do youtube, spotify and google searches,  do word play like...

The toddler screentime debate

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Nakakakilig,  right before bedtime as she was cooling down to prepare for sleep with her iPhone in tow,  i took a peek at what she was doing.  She was doing searches on her own thru google.   These are her usual search words  cookies www.facebook.com > as in! she types in the www for real barney stoorys (stories) pig chair glass door greendoor I understand that the internet may be harmful and all,  but I just like it that she is exploring and practicing to spell and type words on her own. Just to share.. This is one of her first time I notice her typing (I don't even know how to get those emoticons :).. Actual screen grab J @ 3 years 1 month