B4 - UNIT 2 CPLD

B4- supporting writing development

How to support children in making connections through early mark-making and writing development:

• provide them with encouragement from the earliest stage of development so they develop strength and confidence
• shouldnt be afraid of making mistakes or lose confidence at a result
• these activities support the development of children's upper body gross motor skills and fine motor skills as well as hand-eye coordination
• make marks as a symbolic representations of their thoughts and experiences 
• will start to communicate through writing instead of just speech 
• firstly use their hands to create marks
• however they choose to express them selves encourage control and praise them and ask questions
• be aware of the handwriting policy so there is consistency in what the children do and dont do
• provide them with stimulating opportunities to develop their writing skills
• make marks in shaving foam, sand, rice, flour or water
• practice using pens brushes and water 
• use sponges or play dough to develop hand muscles
• threading sewing and using tweezers to help fine motor control
• practice writing their own name

Understand how activities support the links between learning to write and learning to read:

• sand play - experiment with letter sounds in a different context 
• role play - encourage communication and imaginative skills 
• painting - develops fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination
• story sacks - encourage kids to talk about how a story is constructed 
• print making - supports handwriting development and coordination 
• patterns - helps develop their predicition skills
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