Early Years Foundation Stage – Early Writing
Writing Progression in EYFS.
Children move from the ‘Pre Phonemic Stage’, through the ‘Early Phonemic’ and ‘Letter Name Stage’ stage to the ‘Transitional Stage’. The use of programmes in EYFS such as ‘Squiggle Whilst You Wiggle’ and ‘Scribble Club’ have a big impact on developing children’s readiness to write.
Nursery
Children in Nursery move through the pre-phonemic stage. They use pictures to convey messages, symbols that represent letters and begin showing an awareness of print. See examples of this progression below.
Scribble writing/symbols that represent letters.
Letter Groups, separated by spaces to represent different words.
Environmental Print. Awareness of print, copied from surroundings.
Reception
Children move from the early phonemic and letter name stage through to the transitional stage. The transitional stage is where whole sentence writing develops, with children using their phonic knowledge to sound out words.
Autumn
Letter name stage. Initial and final sounds appear. Beginning and ending letters are used to represent words.
Spring
All syllables represented. A child hears beginning, middle and end sounds.
Summer
Whole sentence writing develops. Multiple related sentences with many words spelled correctly.
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