1. Welcome to Reception at Littlehaven!

2. Our focus today Gross motor skills Disco Dough Funky Fingers
Pencil grips – nip, flip, grip
Personal, Social and Emotional Development
General information

3. Gross motor skills
Developing shoulder, elbow and wrist pivots are all precursors to developing fine motor skills.

4. Disco Dough and Funky Fingers!
The activities help to strengthen children’ fine motor muscles and enable them to develop their pencil grip, which in turn will help their writing. It’s also fun!

5. Pencil grips Palmer supinate Digital pronate Static tripod
Triangulation

6. Personal, Social and Emotional Development (PSED)
Our core value is INDEPENDENCE
Turn taking and sharing
Tidying up
Listening to each other
Using our voices/words
Learning and following rules

7. General information
Parent meetings – to discuss your child’s baseline and plan their next steps together
Tapestry – going live after half term
Phonics – Song of Sounds and further info
Speech and Language

8. Any questions?