Early literacy research links children’s interest in writing to early literacy development. It is unclear, however, what kind of learning activities related to writing are interesting to young children. Existing studies primarily rely on an adult-report approach to capture children’s interest. This study used picture-based assessment and structured interview and interviewed 55 preschool children (29 girls, 26 boys, M = 51 months, SD = 6.70) to capture children’s perspectives about their writing experiences. Children’s responses were transcribed and coded for data analysis. Chi-square analyses showed that children exhibited significantly stronger interest in nonwriting activities involving meaningful themes and artistic learning materials than in transcription-focused writing activities. Children showed strong interest in digital writing (i.e., iPad and computer writing), although most children did not consider digital writing a writing activity. Children’s responses demonstrated their developing perception of and positive experiences with writing processes, materials, and interactions. Classroom implications are discussed.

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学龄前儿童对早期写作活动的兴趣和对写作经验的看法

早期识字研究将儿童对写作的兴趣与早期识字发展联系起来。然而，尚不清楚什么样的与写作相关的学习活动对幼儿感兴趣。现有研究主要依靠成人报告方法来捕捉儿童的兴趣。本研究使用基于图片的评估和结构化访谈，采访了 55 名学龄前儿童（29 名女孩，26 名男孩，M = 51 个月，SD = 6.70），以了解儿童对其写作经历的看法。儿童的反应被转录和编码用于数据分析。卡方分析表明，与以转录为重点的写作活动相比，儿童对涉及有意义主题和艺术学习材料的非写作活动表现出更强烈的兴趣。孩子们对数字写作表现出浓厚的兴趣（即，iPad 和电脑写作），尽管大多数孩子并不认为数字写作是一种写作活动。儿童的反应表明了他们对写作过程、材料和互动的认知和积极体验。讨论了课堂影响。