Holding a pencil. No one single person taught me how to hold a writing utensil. It was mostly just monkey see monkey do. I would see how my parents or sister would hold something and I would try and do the same thing. I’ll never forget the time in second grade, our teacher caught a student holding his pencil the wrong way and jokingly, he took tape and fixed the boy’s hand in the correct pencil holding position. Typing for the first time was basically the same concept. I just saw my parents working the key board and I decided to do the same thing as them. And texting on a cell phone was probably 8th grade when I scored my first prehistoric device.
The ancient Egyptians, American Indians, and almost every other early civilization used some sort of picture writing. Pictograph caves are still being visited by tourists and some caves are just again being discovered. Pictures give people a more visual description rather than a written one. Some people can see something by reading it, but anyone can see an idea that is drawn right in front of them. Drawings sometimes tell better stories than actual written words. This is because they can be interpreted differently by every single person that happens to view a picture. Better yet, pictures could be accompanied by words, creating a “Picture Book.” Something everyone can enjoy no matter what age.
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