In Early Years

“Professionals and parents will come to understand how much their interactions with young children make a difference in the children's later language and literacy skills.” Dickinson et al 2001

 Reading  Writing  Talking  Listening

 Home / School Partnership  External Resources

 Variety of experiences and outcomes  Record of progression and development  Transition document from Nursery to School  Shows next steps in Literacy

 I enjoy looking at books  I can make up stories related to the pictures in a book  I can find my name by looking at the first letter  I can use ‘book’ language e.g. Author, illustrator, title  I can hold a book up the right way and I can turn the pages correctly

 Find your name on the register  Other words beginning with the first letter of your name  Using books and book language  Bookbug  ‘Reading’ stories  Questions and answers  Sight words

 I can make random marks on the page, my pencil often does not leave the page.  I can now draw bodies and sometimes hands and feet.  My drawings are purposeful and express my ideas.  I can make marks to represent writing.  I can copy words that have been written or printed.  I try to write my own words by combining letters.  Pencil grip and control

 Overwriting  Join the dots  Free writing  Sensory writing

Reading and writing, like everything else, improve with practise. And, of course, if there are no young readers and writers, there will shortly be no older ones. Literacy will be dead, and democracy – which many believe goes hand in hand with it – will be dead as well. Margaret Atwood.

 I can sit well and listen carefully at group and story time – sometimes  I can follow a one part instruction  I can use language for a variety of purposes – answer questions and share experiences from home  I can take turns in conversation  I can speak clearly and confidently in a small group / larger group / audience

 Following instructions  Playing games for turn taking  Story phones  Listening to stories and answering questions  Show and Tell  Welcome and Calendar Time  Group Leader

“Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.” Rudyard Kipling

 Bookbug  Rhyme Time  Speech and Language  Library  Booktrust Scotland  Songs and Rhymes

Working at Home and in Nursery