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How we develop Writing in Year R How we develop Writing in Year R

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Parent Stay and Play Session Today we will be touching upon how Children need to develop Gross Motor Skills to help control their bodies Children will develop a dominant side but will need to develop bilateral integration being able to control their movements across the centre o ID: 581676

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How we develop Writing in Year R

Parent ‘Stay and Play’ SessionSlide2

Today we will be touching upon how…Children need to develop Gross Motor Skills to help control their bodies.

Children will develop a dominant side but will need to develop bilateral integration – being able to control their movements across the centre of the body.Children need to develop Fine Motor skills which is required in order to hold and manipulate a writing tool.Children need to develop dexterity.There’s more to writing than putting pen to paper…Slide3

In Physical Development…

“Children show good control and co-ordination in large and small movements. They move confidently in a range of ways, safely negotiating space. They handle equipment and tools effectively, including pencils for writing.”In Writing…“Children use their phonic knowledge to write words which match their spoken sounds. They also write some irregular common words. They write simple sentences which can be read by themselves and others. Some words are spelt correctly and others are phonetically plausible.”

End of Year R ExpectationsSlide4

Arm and finger control is developed by being able to manipulate the arm from the shoulder joint; then control the hands and finally finger movements.

In the Early Years we do a lot of Gross Motor activities to ensure children have developed these muscles. Some activities include…BalancingMaking dens and crawling through themUsing the climbing frameDigging in the sand and digging areasWashing our windows!

You will be able to partake in some of these types of activities when you visit the class!Developing Gross Motor SkillsSlide5

Most of us have a dominant side to our bodies, but in order to be able to write children need to be able to co-ordinate both sides of the body together. E.g. With one hand holding the paper, while the other manipulates the pen.

The ability to co-ordinate two sides of the body is known as bilateral integration.In school we develop this with lots of actions using programmes such as Brain Gym and Sticky Kids.(Time to stand up!)

Bilateral Integration – crossing the mid linehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkrZBsOlt3kSlide6

As well as building up Gross Motor Skills, children need to develop Fine Motor Skills so they are able to control writing tools.

Strength in their wrists and hands supports this. There is evidence that shows boys muscles in their wrists develop later than girls, which can equate to why they take longer to develop these skills and need more practise of it.Key actions they need are grip strength; pinch strength and eye to hand co-ordination. Developing Fine Motor SkillsSlide7

We do LOTS of activities to build up Fine Motor control!

* In every classroom we have a ‘Finger Gym Station’ with a specific focus each week.Some of the activities include…-Using a pincer grip to move objects -Using Large tweezers to move items (e.g. use tweezers to count the correct buttons onto the gingerbread man)-Threading beads onto string-Cutting along lines

-Manipulating nuts and bolts Activities to develop Fine MotorSlide8
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*We also have activities in our continuous provision in and outside, including… - Pegging things e.g. numbers on washing lines

- Squashing and squishing activities like with playdoh, gloop, clay etc- Using resources in water play – squishing out sponges; pouring liquids; washing the windows*Now into the Spring term we are doing more handwriting practise. Each colour group has a focus morning job which often includes a fine motor job like tracing over shapes and letters.

Fine motor continued…Slide10

A high level of dexterity is needed for writing so we do lots of activities to develop this, such as…

-Threading beads-Doing up zips and buttons-Using tweezers and chopsticks-Building towers-Turning keys in locks-Building towers-Colouring between lines on pictures

All of these are types of activities you can be doing at home to support with early writing.Developing DexteritySlide11

Stages of holding a writing tool

How children use their body to aid their early mark making and then writing is by using a sequence of muscle movements. Which muscles they use depends on which stage of development they are at.Slide12

In the early stages of writing children will make marks that we still call ‘writing’. If your child is at this stage, ask them what they have drawn or what they have written. It shows they are communicating meaning for their marks which is really important.

Mark MakingSlide13

* As children develop their writing ability, alongside learning phonics, they will be beginning to learn how to write letters, words then sentences.

* We practise this all around our environment – on chalk boards; whiteboards; large paper on the floor or on fences; on the pavement; in sensory trays (using fingers or tools in sand, glitter, shaving foam).Writing Letters, Words and Sentences Slide14

We teach the children to use their phonic knowledge to sound out the words. E.g. if they want to write ‘man’ m-a-n. We have visual prompts around the environment so children can refer to them if they forget the formation of a letter (sounds on display; sound mats)

When writing sentences we model with Kung-Fu. This shows children how a sentence is formed (capital letter, finger spaces and full stop) and helps them to remember what they are writing. We repeat a sentence several times over so it is clear what they want to write. This is why communication and language skills go hand in hand with writing too.Hooks for writing are paramount! Our PLODs are key to this.How we teach writing words and sentencesSlide15

* In the Early Years, there is much more to learning to write than actually ‘doing writing’. So when supporting at home try the gross motor and fine motor activities to support your child. We all develop at different stages.

* With the experiences and activities available to develop all that we have discussed, our hope is we will produce confident, effective and willing writers!Now it’s time to go and have fun with your child

 Thank you for coming!

Writing is a complex business!