That was my thought when I first found this idea on...you guessed it, Pinterest. The idea isn't that they actually write, although they can if they choose and probably will once the year goes by. The idea is that they learn HOW to use it. How to get ideas onto paper. How to turn pages. How to respond to the question that is being asked for the journal. I LOVE this idea and they LOVE "writing" in their journals. Again, I started it off by adding a picture and their name to the front. Name recognition. These children are ages 2.5-4 so some know, some don't, some know how to spell but not what the actual letter is, and some do. Does it matter? Not at all. They are having fun and learning!!
How it works; You give them a topic to "write" about. It usually goes with what we happen to be learning that week. Then they write or draw what it is they want. I usually just add at the top what it is they are trying to say. My thought is that one day later in the year they will start trying to copy what I wrote.
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