My DD4.3 has been reading "forever" and able to sound out and spell words out for a long time. She has amazing fine motor stills with coloring and her drawing stands out as very advanced (better than some adults)and she could write her name before three, BUT now she wants to write things and could use help making letters the "right way," but typical for her, refuses to be shown things or helped in any way. This is frustrating because she wants to write things down. She spontaneously makes the letters the correct way with Playdough and can write a fair amount of them correctly, but there are some that are off, and I know she would love to be able to write better. Like I said, it is strange, since she can look at a picture and draw an almost identical animal, etc. Are there any other kids like this? I guess I can just let it go and let her either improve her writing on her own or let her preschool do it, but my sense is they aren't focusing on writing yet. The issue is the huge gap between her reading level and her developing spelling level and her writing. I guess I just don't know what typical four year olds writing looks like and even if hers is average, that frustrates her since those other skills are so many years ahead. Any suggestions?
