Tracing Letters and Coloring in the Lines

Elisabeth had a newfound interest in tracing letters. We have a Wipe Clean book for learning to write letters that is ideal for Elisabeth. She writes the letters right on top of the dotted lines!

She has also shown interest in staying in the lines when she colors, rather than scribbling all over the page. Some months ago she began to localize and start writing inside the shape she wanted to fill (but then ended up all over the page. Now she fills in most of the space with marginal spillover (so that you can at least tell she was trying to fill in the shape.