Writing
Suggested writing activities
Suggested writing activities
* Practise writing your name correctly using a capital letter to start and then lower case letters
* Practise writing your name correctly using a capital letter to start and then lower case letters
* Draw a picture and write about it. Use the alphabet and word cards at the bottom of this page to support your child as they write
* Draw a picture and write about it. Use the alphabet and word cards at the bottom of this page to support your child as they write
* Write about something you have done
* Write about something you have done
* Choose something from your home and write a description about it
* Choose something from your home and write a description about it
* Write about a story you have read
* Write about a story you have read
* Cut out pictures of people, animals and places etc and label them
* Cut out pictures of people, animals and places etc and label them
* Stretch your writing Vocab - How many words can you write in five minutes
* Stretch your writing Vocab - How many words can you write in five minutes
* Writing words and letters on concrete with water and a paint brush, chalk or in sand
* Writing words and letters on concrete with water and a paint brush, chalk or in sand
* Make lists - example a shopping list, colours, numbers, class mates' names, pets, animals
* Make lists - example a shopping list, colours, numbers, class mates' names, pets, animals
* Write a letter
* Write a letter
* Make rhyming lists eg cat, bat, rat, fat
* Make rhyming lists eg cat, bat, rat, fat
* Colouring and cutting activities to encourage fine motor skills
* Colouring and cutting activities to encourage fine motor skills
* Play dough letters and words
* Play dough letters and words
* Rainbow writing of basic sight words
* Rainbow writing of basic sight words
* Write the alphabet - upper and lower case
* Write the alphabet - upper and lower case
* Daily handwriting - Focusing on starting place and correct formation. Follow the guidelines below and practise the letters in the correct sequence like l t i j
* Daily handwriting - Focusing on starting place and correct formation. Follow the guidelines below and practise the letters in the correct sequence like l t i j
Essential word lists 1, 2, 3 and 4
Essential word lists 1, 2, 3 and 4
Your child is currently working on learning to spell words from one of these lists. We usually focus on two words each week and practise these in a variety of ways eg rainbow writing, write them as many times as you can in a minute, write more words in pencil around the rainbow words.
Your child is currently working on learning to spell words from one of these lists. We usually focus on two words each week and practise these in a variety of ways eg rainbow writing, write them as many times as you can in a minute, write more words in pencil around the rainbow words.
Alphabet and word cards
Alphabet and word cards
