Children in the Foundation Stage are regulary encouraged to participate in activities that will develop their fine motor control.  For example, threading, weaving, dough work and cutting.  We also have a daily 'Dough Disco' in the first half of the autumn term.

In autumn 1 the children will focus on writing patterns- horizontal lines, vertical lines, circles, diagonal lines, zigzags, and waved/curved lines.  

From autumn 2 the children will learn to print letters in a discrete daily handwriting session.  

Letters will be taught in letter families.  

Letter Ladders- l, I, t, u, j, y

Curly Caterpillar letters- c, o, a, d, g, q, e, s, f

One Armed Robot letters- r, b, n, h, m, k, p

Zigzag Monster letters- v, w, x, z

	Letter Formation (upper and lower case)	[pdf 4MB]
	Stages of Pencil Grip	[pdf 186KB]