Many parents want to sign up their children for writing classes, but they are not sure whether their children are at the right age to learn writing. If they learn writing at an early age, they are worried that their children will not be able to learn the correct pen-holding posture, which will affect the development of hand muscles. . If you start learning at a later age, you are worried that your children will not be able to keep up with the learning progress and teaching pace of writing.
According to my country's "Guidelines for the Learning and Development of Children Aged 3-6", starting from the age of 3, children can learn to graffiti with a pen, cut straight lines with scissors, and use practice chopsticks or children's short chopsticks when eating... These activities that help develop the fine movements of fingers are actually preparing children for formal writing, and can also be regarded as "pre-skill training for writing."
Around 5 years old is the golden age for children to start learning brush calligraphy. After 2-3 years of accumulation, I believe that children will also know a lot of relatively simple Chinese characters and have a certain understanding of the structure of Chinese characters.
Children in this period have strong imitation defense ability and strong curiosity about new things, but the disadvantage is that their attention span is shorter. Therefore, it is necessary to guide children step by step at this time. At the same time, this period is the best time to cultivate children's interest in calligraphy.
Introducing children to pen-control training from an early age is not to enable them to become calligraphers in the future, but to enable them to develop a good habit from an early age so that they can be more careful and focused when doing things in the future. It is said that seeing words is like seeing people. It is difficult for a careless and impatient person to calm down and write stroke by stroke. The same is often true when he is doing other things. Calligraphy is helpful to improve children's inner cultivation and aesthetic level.
The purpose of practicing calligraphy is to be standardized, correct and neat. Practicing calligraphy now is laying the foundation for your life. You must practice well, quickly, and step by step. Moreover, repeated practice of several basic structures is more effective than connecting multiple words at once.
Of course, each child has different individual differences. If it is found that the child has insufficient control and flexibility with the pen, thin and weak writing lines, or stiff writing, it is recommended that parents allow the child to do more hands-on exercises, such as pen control exercises. Calligraphy, finger exercises, and hand painting, etc.