'Let's Play' Early writing in Nursery!

In our carpet session, we read the story ‘Let’s Play’ by Herve Tullet. The children used their gross motor skills to follow the dot through the story making straight lines, up and down curved lines and loop the loop patterns. They enjoyed interacting with the book and sometimes it was like magic as they moved the dot around the page and made it disappear and reappear by clapping and shouting “Za Za Zoom!” The children then got the opportunity to copy their own pattern onto paper. They picked if they wanted to use a pen, pencil or a felt tip. They were encouraged to go from the left side of the paper all the way to the right side as if they were writing. This is the beginning of early mark making, which is the start to writing and the beginnings of forming letters.