Domain: NC Foundations for Early Learning: Language Development and Communication (LDC)
Subdomain: Foundations for Writing
Goal: Children use writing and other symbols to record information and communicate for a variety of purposes.
Skill Progression: Use writing and other symbols to record information and communicate for a variety of purposes
Age: 18-21 Months
Click here to go to all skills for ages 18-21 Months.Experiments with vertical and horizontal straight lines-- alone, next to, or on top of other lines
Observe the child with paper and a crayon or marker.
Give the child markers or crayons and paper on a small table, where the child can be stable and comfortably reach the paper. Let the child make marks independently.
The child spontaneously marks all over the paper (and maybe the table). Marks may be scribbles or lines. The child makes lines in all directions, with no plan.
Give parents suggestions for expanding the child’s options for writing surfaces. The child will write on anything at this age, so give him space to draw. Use extra-large paper to give the child room to make many marks.
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, 2015
©2015 by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/.