The essential, updated step-by-step guide to getting ready to write from bestselling Early Years expert Dr Alistair Bryce Clegg.Getting Ready to Write contains all the crucial developmental stages before children even pick up a pencil. The book starts with the theory and latest research and then provides step-by-step innovative ideas for intervention. The book contains inexpensive, accessible ideas for indoor and outdoor provision and includes creative activities such as Dough Gym, Funky Fingers and Writing Like a Jedi!This new edition breaks down the developmental stages of becoming a mark maker (from palm gripping to shoulder pivot) and includes tried and tested activities for young mark makers to master this important skill ahead of the transition to Key Stage 1 and become confident writers, even in the digital age.
