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We use this method to teach children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 how to get the correct pencil grip.

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Expectation for End of Autumn Term Nursery

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Expectation for End of Autumn Term Nursery

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By the end of the Autumn term we would expect your child to:

Listen to environmental sounds and distinguish between them.

Starting to explore mark making using a variety of tools.

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We use dough disco to help develop fine motor muscles.

Name writing

Capital letter at the beginning of their name - see formation below

RWInc handwriting phrases help with letter formation

If children show an interest in writing letters, you can support them to be ready for the next stage of their learning by encouraging them to hold a pencil correctly and form the letter starting in the right place and moving in the right direction. This will support them to develop good habits for the future.

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It is really important that children learn how to sit properly when writing. We use BBC TNT in school to remind them!

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To support transcription, give children opportunities to develop finger strength.

In the early stages children need lots of fun, play activities. Provide lots of activities to work at a large scale using brushes on walls outside, before they move on to using chunky crayons or pencils.

For example, to develop finger strength in preparation for writing such as:

Water and paint brushes outside on a large scale

Dough disco (See Reception suggestions)

Puzzles

Threading

Help children develop fine motor skills to grasp, hold, and strengthen fingers and thumbs by scrunching paper and using pick-up tools. For example, use big tweezers to pick up plastic shapes.

Also give them opportunities to develop core strength and ‘muscle isolation’, a crucial first step towards writing.

Activities like reaching across the body to put on socks and shoes help children to use their right, or left, body side without the other side moving at the same time. Also, encourage activities like climbing, throwing and catching.

Children move through stages in their mark making. Gradually muscle control becomes more defined until they develop an ability to use straight lines and curves to form symbols.

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It is really important that children learn how to sit properly when writing. We use BBC TNT in school to remind them!

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This is what we would expect a child to be able to read by the end of Reception.

They are not decodable and the children learn to read them by sight.

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This is an example of what a child working at an expected level would be demonstrating at the end of the Summer term.

The Early Learning Goal for writing is:

to write simple phrases and sentences that can be read by others.

write recognisable letters, most of which are correctly formed.

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Expectation for End of Spring Term Nursery

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Expectation for End of Spring Term Nursery

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By the end of the Spring term we would expect your child to:

Clap syllables in words

Draw lines that look like writing

Begin to assign meaning to the marks they are making ("This is my name.")

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Expectation for the End of Summer Term Nursery

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Expectation for the End of Summer Term Nursery

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By the end of the Summer term we would expect your child to:

Hear initial sounds in words

Begin to blend CVC words when they are segmented by an adult

Write symbols and shapes that look like writing.

Attempt to write their name.

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Expectations of progress- letter strings

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Expectations of progress- letter strings

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By the end of the Autumn term we would expect the children to:

make letter strings. (letter strings move from L to R and down the page)

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Expectations of progress- 2 to 3 letters in a sequence.

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Expectations of progress- 2 to 3 letters in a sequence.

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By the end of the Spring term we would expect the children to:

write two to three letters in a sequence. This is usually initial and final sounds before adding medial sounds.

muy (mummy)

pto (potato)

sbr (strawberry)

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Expectations of progress- Write simple phrases that can be read by others. 

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Expectations of progress- Write simple phrases that can be read by others. 

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By the end of the Summer term we would expect the children to:

write a simple phrase or sentence that can be read by others.

write recognisable letters, most of which are formed correctly.