The Teaching ofWriting throughTracing Pattern Approach amongKindergarten Pupils atCawongan Elementary School

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Many kindergarteners love to write. They scribble any letters, shapes, numbers or other objects without hesitation. With my years of experience as Kindergarten adviser, I've encountered various problems, and one of these is writing ability of my pupils in performing different activities. When a child does not have effective instruction in handwriting, s/he frequently struggles with writing. Some of the learners' write according to the will of their hearts and minds, but when you give them the proper guidance and techniques, the problems on writing appears.

METHODS

The descriptive method of research was used in the study to find out the writing performance of the pupils using tracing pattern approach in teaching. Furthermore, it investigated the essential connection between the usage of tracing pattern approach in the teaching of writing among pupils in kindergarten.

RESULTS

Based on the collected data, some pupils have difficulty producing legible handwriting. Factors that contribute to illegible writing are incorrect letter formations or reversals, inconsistent size and height of letters, variable of poor alignment, and irregular spacing between words and letters. There are significant differences between the performance of the pupils in writing different line strokes, numerals and alphabets. It requires more attention, focus, and time on writing skills of the pupils. Based on the findings, there are proposed supplementary activities to support the teaching of writing through tracing pattern approach of children's including Peer Review Writing Task, Using Games on Group activities and Pre-: Class Writing.

DISCUSSIONS

The pupils performed satisfactorily in the test administered since their mean score is above the half score in the test. In terms of studying, parents should encourage and help the teachers in teaching the child. They need to show their support and allow them to make their child participate in daily activities especially in writing. The school should provide instructional materials and learners' materials to help young learners improve. Future researchers should conduct the same study but also try to tackle different or another approaches or techniques.