Your 3-year-old now: Article from Babycenter

It's exciting when your child's scribbles begin to look more like real letters. Some threes even start writing their name, or a few letters of it. But writing is one of those developmental milestones that varies greatly from child to child. Don't stress out if your child isn't even interested in writing.
A lot depends on fine motor development. Your child may have a clear dominant hand by now (or it may not be clear for another year or so). But it's still hard to control a pencil to make letters with diagonal lines (M, N, K). Other letters may not look quite right either. The lines might not connect at the right place, or letters like E may have too many horizontal lines. What kids should be able to do at this age is copy a circle and make an "x."
Regardless of where your child is on the spectrum, encourage his writing by keeping paper, fat pencils, fat crayons, and chalk within easy reach. Another way to pique interest: Pour sand, salt, or sugar onto a tray and show him how to trace letters with a finger.

Name Writing
Don't panic if you notice some kids at preschool writing their names while your child doesn't even recognize the letter his name starts with. When kids learn to write is highly variable, and this year the spread will widen. Your child's progress depends on gender (girls gain the needed fine motor control sooner), the length of his name (Eli will have an easier time than, say, Zachariah), and what else is going on developmentally.


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Sad to say Jared could not write at all now at 3.5yr. Ever since the meet the parents session, he has been forced real often to start writing..But he just don't seem to like to sit still to trace the letters, and worst he think words other "1" is difficult..and prefer to write the chinese "1,2,3" since only lines are involved.

As parents am really feeling so stressed about it, He seemed to be far away from his peers now..haiz.
I really wonder if its a boy / gal thing that make him start writing so slow..