Talk to your child about their experiences, thoughts and feelings.

Encourage your child to play with language by pointing out signs in the environment, playing games like "I Spy" and singing songs and nursery rhymes.

Extend vocabulary by talking to your child. Use a mixture of familiar and unfamiliar words.

Develop your child's language skills by playing alongside your child. Read books together. Use picture books to make up your own stories together. Talk about the pictures and the story.

Encourage children to play indoors and outdoors with a range of materials to develop their motor skills. This is essential for children to develop the small muscles in their hands needed to write.

Let your child see you reading and writing. Talk about what you are writing and provide opportunities for your child to explore using different writing materials.

Allow your child time to explore their own interests by playing.

Try to get into a good routine going to bed early.

Talk about their new school and listen to what they have to say.

Answer questions they may have.

Be positive and reassure them about any worries they have.

Establish a routine for snack, lunch and dinner times.

Provide a balance of activities each day. Makes sure there is an opportunity for you to read, sing, talk and play with your child each day. Limit screen time.

Get involved with the transition projects.

Talk about who might help your child at school - staff, friends, buddies and maybe even some family members already at school.

Allow plenty of time for your child to play both indoors and outdoors.