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Enhancing Early Writing and Physical Skills at Lickey Hills: Parental Guidance and Home Activities

Discover what early writing and physical skills entail at Lickey Hills School. Gain confidence in aiding your child's writing development at home, exploring various writing stages and gross motor skill milestones.

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Enhancing Early Writing and Physical Skills at Lickey Hills: Parental Guidance and Home Activities

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  1. Lickey Hills Primary School and Nursery Writing and Physical Skills

  2. Aims • To share what early writing and physical skills looks like at Lickey Hills • To develop parents’ confidence in helping their children with writing • To share ideas of how to help your child at home • To share examples of different writing stages

  3. Gross motor skills All children are different and the rate at which skills are acquired and mastered will vary. 2 years- • run safely, avoiding obstacles, • Jump with 2 feet together • Squat with steadiness 3 years- • can sit with feet crossed at ankles • Walk upstairs using alternate feet • Throw, catch and kick • 4 years- • Stand, walk and run on tiptoes • Clap in time to music • Ride a tricycle • 5 years- • Hop for 2 -3 meters • Move rhythmically to music • Active and skillful in climbing, swinging, digging Let’s get physical…

  4. Yoga

  5. Write dance

  6. Ways to help-Strength, stability and body awareness Shoulder pivot • Big digging in sand and soil • Swing painting ( tights and teabags) Elbow pivot • Large circles on large paper/ paint • Sweeping • Scarves and ribbons • Splatter painting • Hammering • Pushing and pulling- tyres This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC

  7. Animal walks

  8. Take it outside

  9. Funky fingers

  10. How can I help at home… Palm strength- squeezing, twisting, rolling playdough Pincer movement • Inset puzzles • Tweezers, clothes pegs • Posting money into money boxes • Scissors Hand eye coordination • Threading • Fishing games Isolation fingers • Finger painting • Keyboards • Push button phones

  11. Pencil grip

  12. Early writing

  13. Drawing and imitative writing

  14. Letter like Forms

  15. Copying Words

  16. Drawings and letter strings

  17. Early phonetic writing

  18. Phonetic writing

  19. Conventional/ phonetic writing

  20. Having ideas • Rich, meaningful conversations • Story sharing • Topic maintenance

  21. Sequencing ideas • Talk for writing • Story maps • Orally rehearse • Count each word • Rearrange the sentence • Reading back

  22. Handwriting • Writing needs to be readable by another person • Reversals • Ascenders and descenders • Capitals within words

  23. Finger spaces

  24. Expected writing examples

  25. Expected writing examples

  26. writing levels-Examples

  27. Thank you! Please do come and see us if you need further guidance

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