My journey into the early years’ practice was sincerely to ensure that children receive the support they need to become the best they can be. At the time I started, I didn’t understand how much lacking that support as a child affected my growth as a person. I accepted my childhood struggles as part of my personality that could not be changed. My daily struggles were in many dimensions. One obvious struggle with me was my bad handwriting. As far as I can remember, the story of my bad handwriting had been with me from infancy. At some point, I accepted the explanation of my classmates that my handwriting was poor because my brain was working so fast that I could not control my fingers well. Although this explanation made me feel better, I had to face embarrassing comments from people as the years went by about how bad my handwriting was. My journey to correct my handwriting began in a Jolly Phonics workshop. It was in this workshop that I understood that handwriting had rules and that preschoolers learn writing in a systematic way. Every letter had to be described and formed correctly. How else would I have easily understood what was wrong with my handwriting? The issue was that bad handwriting continued to show as an underdeveloped part of me because I was yet to receive the right support on proper handwriting formation, even in my childhood days. My bad handwriting was corrected in a few weeks and has continued to improve ever since. I will continue my daily practice of growing the child within me in order to be equipped enough to support other children’s growth.
– Uchenna N Nduka
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A very child-friendly personality and an advocate of the non-abusive behavioural guidance approach in achieving discipline in children.
The Chief Editor of My Child and I magazine in Anambra, Nigeria.
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