1. Writing targets www.earlybirdyeducation.com
This breakdowns the writing coverage into manageable targets to ensure children meet the month age band in writing.

2. Writing Targets 40-60 months I can hear and say the initial
sound in words.
Begins to write
words and
simple sentences.
I have a
comfortable
pencil grip.
I can link sounds to
letters, naming and
sounding the letters
of the alphabet.
I can write own name
and familiar tricky
words independently
and from memory..
I can segment the sounds in
simple words and blend
Them together and
know which letters
represent some of them.
I can write
recognisable
letters.
I begin to write in
meaningful contexts
and to communicate
meaning.