Pre-Writing Exercises
Enhance Students’ Graphomotor Skills With Pre-Writing and Drawing Exercises
Introduce your youngest learners to the world of writing with engaging pre-writing and drawing exercises. These foundational activities help children develop the essential graphomotor skills they’ll need as they progress from forming basic shapes to writing uppercase letters, then cursive, and eventually words.
This early mastery not only sets the stage for future writing success but also supports their academic journey throughout their school years.
Master Pencil Grip and Pressure Control to Build Strong Foundations of Graphomotor Skills
An optimal pencil grip ensures precise movement control, while proper pressure management guarantees smooth and legible writing. Mastering these essential skills helps students develop the coordination needed to consistently form letters and words.
Fun Exercises to Learn How to Manage Pencil Pressure
Engage in 4 types of exercises and dozens of models to perfect your pencil pressure, avoiding both excessive force and insufficient pressure. Kaligo tracks your pressure and provides instant visual feedback!
- Scratching: Reveal hidden colors by scratching the pattern—just don’t scratch too hard.
- Mandala: Adjust your pencil pressure to color the mandala with the right intensity.
- Drawings: Trace the graphics while being mindful not to press too hard.
- Colouring: Color within the lines by adjusting your pencil pressure accurately.
Short Videos to Practice Pencil Grip and Develop Fine Motor Skills
Watch short videos that guide students through fine motor exercises, such as twisting caps, playing with hand puppets, and sliding pencils between fingers. These activities enhance hand relaxation, wrist flexibility, finger separation, and hand-eye coordination.
Practice Drawing
Get familiar with the tablet, stylus, and app through free drawing exercises (customisable with specific instructions). Students can explore a palette of colors and shapes, fostering their imagination and artistic skills.
Empower Your Students to Begin Writing With Basic Shapes, Loops, and Bridges
Prepare your students with fundamental skills for smooth, legible writing. Master basic shapes (vertical, horizontal, diagonal lines, chevrons, semi-circles, circles) as the foundation for uppercase letters. Forming bridges and loops introduces cursive writing basics.
Personalised Analysis and Immediate Feedback to Prevent Mistakes From Becoming Ingrained
- “I practise tracing patterns”: Analysis of direction, order, and shape. The student can then review their tracing in replay mode and compare it to the dynamically played model to analyze their mistake.
- “I practise tracing lines”: Kaligo analyses the shape and adherence to the lines and indicates to the child the specific location(s) where the tracing is incorrect.
Personalised Remediation to Address Individual Needs and Encourage Success
As students progress, Kaligo adjusts exercise difficulty and guidance levels to meet their individual needs, ensuring continued success. (only for the “I practise tracing lines” exercise).
And, as always on Kaligo, students earn a star for every successful tracing, motivating them to keep progressing.
Explore Our Kaligo Library: Turnkey Educational Content With Hundreds of Lessons and Exercises for Writing Basics
Discover a treasure trove of resources in your teacher portal, with hundreds of customisable lessons and exercises ready to be assigned to individual students or your whole class.
Organised by grade level (from Nursery to Year 6) and aligned with official curricula, these materials are designed by teachers to ensure smooth progression.
Little ones will start by mastering basic shapes, then move on to letters and numbers, and eventually delight in writing curly caterpillar letters, one-armed robot letters, ladder letters, and zigzag letters.
