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About this time you can start making first word worksheets if you like. Now again, you
can always work in your workbook if you want to do everything each time with your child,
moment by moment, but if you ever want to leave them alone and let them practice something
on their own for five minutes. It's great to have a worksheet and for first words, same
way, just make simple squares, I made this one in about a minute and a half. Underneath
you want to make a line for them to write each word. I like to keep the two lines with
the dotted line in the middle in the beginning because they're practicing their handwriting
at the same time. You can write it out really neatly, you can print it on your computer.
You can make little squares much more neater on your computer too or you can take a sheet
of handwriting paper and you have the lines already made out for you and just draw the
squares. Make sure your pictures are very easy, clear, don't knock yourself out, if
you want to learn more about drawing you can look at the easy cartoon drawing series and
just put a simple picture in each box. Make sure the first time the child knows that yes,
mommy did draw a cat, that's not some kind of monster or daddy or uncle or whoever is
doing this, and then you can just go and again, if you're going to work for a few minutes
on making this, it's going to take you a few minutes, photocopy it, don't give them the
original. Photocopy it, get fifty of them, keep them in the folder in your binder and
you always have more, maybe a neighbor might want to borrow one and there you have it.
They actually have to put many of the processes together where they learn how to put the first
letter, the vowel in the middle, the second letter and put it all together, it's a great
worksheet.