When I picked Simon up at school, his teacher excitedly told me that he had written his own name that day. I couldn't believe it, because as far as I had seen, Simon didn't even hold a pencil properly and didn't appear to know the alphabet. She said they had him trace it first, then look at the tracing and write it. She had the evidence, and it was quite exciting to see him write the name we had picked out for him for the first time!
I asked him to write his name at home, and this is what he produced:
So he still needs some practice.
