Re: teaching children to trace

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On 9/29/09, cynthia wrote:
> i am a childcare provider thats trying to teach the
> children in my care how to trace their names and only one
> of them is getting it this is my second year with this set
> of children. and i'm finding it hard to teach this set of
> children anything.
>
> help please anyone

How are you trying to do this? With dotted lines? a stencil?
tracing over their name like with trace and wipe page?

I made worksheets for my students without dotted line, because
I noticed they seemed to trace each dot/dash instead of
making a continious line.

I made the worksheets using light gray solid font, and in the
beginning of the year I made the font larger and allowed them
to trace with a marker rather than a pencil. Markers are
easier to trace with in the beginning. Then later in then
year I made the font smaller and they used pencils to trace.

Here is an example of a worksheet that I used:
http://www.daycareresource.com/worksheetsnametracingKatherine.
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