5 Ways to Wow: I am creative.
I relish participating in stories, music, songs or rhymes, and I use materials both imaginatively and with a purpose.
We want our children to leave by being able to:
- Begin to recognise familiar letters or words e.g. letters in their name, familiar names and shop signs.
- Hold a pencil effectively.
- Write some recognisable letters.
- Identify favourite books, songs and rhymes.
- Recognise rhyming words they hear.
- Retell familiar stories and repeat rhymes and songs.
- Decide which materials to use, to fix and join.
- Use media, colour, form and technique effectively.
How will we know children can do this?
- Sing, say and retell favourite stories, songs and rhymes.
- Use loose parts, media and materials to achieve what they have set out to do.
- Use scissors effectively.
How can parents and carers help?
- Read everyday to your child and tell stories.
- Sing songs and nursery rhymes.
- Create and talk about art and music.
- Point out familiar print in the environment.
- Use household objects or materials to create patterns, arrangements and structures.
- Talk about preferences of songs heard on the radio or different playlists.
- Talk about designs and art you see in the world around you such as interesting buildings, bridges and advertisements.
- Encourage mark making wherever possible; crayons, bath crayons, sticks in mud, paintbrushes dipped in water, ice cubes etc.
