1. Writing prompts www.earlybirdyeducation.com
This is a useful prompt to ensure that writing is covered and taught effectively towards the month age band.

2. Ensure that phonics phase one is taught weekly
Ensure that phonics phase one is taught weekly. This is a critical stage for all learners and will expose them to everyday sounds, blends and noises.
Plan in listening games, activities around phonics and allow children to explore these games during independent play e.g. listening bags. Enable phonics activities to cater for all learners.
Provide writing resources for both indoor and outdoor and make sure they are readily accessible.
To engage the learner further try to make the writing opportunities link into real life experiences e.g. car number plates,
To develop fine motor skills make sure that there is ample small equipment and one-handed tools available.
Make use of the outdoor area and get creative e.g. different sized paint brushes and water, mud painting, different sized chalk.
Writing
• Sometimes gives meaning to marks as they draw and paint.
• Ascribes meanings to marks that they see in different places.
Children must develop their language skills before they begin to read and write. Provide lots of opportunities for role play e.g. doctors, firefighters and homes. Make sure that there is a healthy balance between fictional and real experiences to act out.