1. Learning to Write Parents Information Evening

2. Getting Ready Fine Motor skills Gross Motor skills - monkey bars
Reading stories
Role play
Talk
Model writing

3. Resources Chalks Pens Pencils Crayons
Paint brushes with paint or water
Variety of paper
Alphabet chart / sound mats

4. Development
Mark making

5. Letter Formation/Initial Letter Sounds
Development
Letter Formation/Initial Letter Sounds

6. Development
Name writing

7. Development
Using sounds to write words / labels / captions

8. Development
Sentence Writing

9. Helping Writing Sentences
Writing a sentence
Think it
Say it / record it
Write each word by sounding out
Remember finger spaces

10. Extending Capital letters and full stops
Spelling Rainbow Words correctly in sentences
Starting to write longer sentences

11. EYFS Profile
At this stage in the year a Reception child should be able to:
Segment sounds in simple words and blend them together
Use clearly identifiable letters to communicate meaning, representing some sounds correctly and in sequence
Write own name, labels and captions
Attempt to write short sentences in meaningful contexts

12. Early Years Goal
By the end of the year the children should be able to:
Use their phonic knowledge to write words in ways which match their spoken sounds. They also write some irregular common words. They write simple sentences that can be read by themselves and others. Some words are spelt correctly and others are phonetically plausible.

13. Confidence
Confidence is the biggest blocker to a child’s progression is writing
Fixating on spelling words correctly will stop a child putting pencil to paper
Picking out incorrect spellings could damage your child’s confidence
Praise for having a go will boost confidence, the spellings will come as your child matures

14. Do’s and Do Not’s
Do encourage and praise any writing that your child does independently
Do encourage your child to sound out words by themselves, they are great at phonics
Do use sound mats and Rainbow Words lists to help
Do remember how hard your child is trying, writing in a new language is tricky
Do write under your child’s writing if it is difficult for someone else to read
Do not spell words out for your child – children are not expected to have perfect spelling when they are starting out but do help them by sounding out words they are finding hard

15. Video Clip Most children will default to “I don’t know how ….”
because writing is tricky and requires a lot of thought
Getting children to re-sound what they have written and allow them the chance to self correct is important
Try not to tell them what to do but ask them questions so they work it out for themselves
Encourage them to persevere
Always get them to re-read their sentence at the end to ensure all the words are there and that it makes sense