Age 5 Development – ​​Written Communication

Written communication refers to the physical performance of handwriting, typing, spelling, grammar and story writing.

Developmental Stage

• Specializes in creating shapes (like -, |, O, +, /, square, \, X, and triangle) before moving on to writing.
• He can write his name.
• Knows the names of some letters and recognizes as many as 10 (mostly the letters in the name).
• Recognizes and writes numbers from 1 to 5.
• Learns the alphabet song.
• Recognizes and names letters.
• He learns that letters correspond to “sounds”.
• Knows that the printed text is the text that is read.
• Learns that letters are separated by spaces and forms words.
• Recognizes his name in writing.
• Can recognize the writings on the surrounding signs and signs (knows the letters on the “stop” sign).
• He knows how to read from front to back.
• Learns that the text is read from left to right.

Possible Situations Encountered When It Doesn’t Progress

• The child has difficulty in recognizing the differences between letters and sounds and using this ability in reading and writing activities.
• The child may have difficulty reading and identifying the text in the book