Violet Is Teaching Her 6-Year-Old Child to Write Sentences

Multiple Choice

Violet is teaching her 6-year-old child to write sentences. She notices that, most of the time, if he can't spell a word, he makes up his own spelling. Which of the following approaches should she follow to make her son a competent writer over time?

A) She should be overly concerned about how he forms letters and words and should send him for after-school coaching sessions.
B) She should discourage him from writing so that he knows he must pay more attention.
C) She should give him fewer writing opportunities and instructions so that he improves independently.
D) She should encourage him to apply what he has learned in one paper to another paper.