Learning to write is like learning to read. Both follow a
sequential process. Writing requires and combines more basic skills
than any other subject area. Taking into account the developmental
stages of children, educators teach writing through a series of steps
that build on a child’s learning experiences. Children are natural-born
writers. Young children are usually eager and willing to scribble their
ideas on paper. Even at early developmental stages, they are
becoming writers. Parents and other caregivers encourage the
excitement of writing in their child by being interested and involved
with the writing process their child uses in school. The writing process
begins in the early grades by exposing students to a variety of quality
books read aloud. Children see and hear the ways that authors use
language to create and tell a story. Children use the books they hear
and read as models for their own writing.