Pre-Writing Pattern Cards

Years

EY

Pages

32

Resource

Description

Help your Early Years students develop their pencil grip and mark-making skills with our pre-writing pattern cards.   These cards provide a great starting point for children to explore different patterns, helping them to experiment with different types of marks, lines, and movements.   By incorporating our pre-writing pattern cards into your classroom activities, you can support your students' fine motor development and prepare them for success in future writing tasks. Tasks that require students to hold and control small objects, such as cotton buds and writing utensils, encourages precision and helps to develop their hand-eye coordination and pincer grip, whilst simultaneously strengthening the muscles in their hands and fingers.   Featuring 30 different cards suitable for early years classrooms, include in your fine motor rotations, Sensory Play Invitations, or pre-writing activities.   Ideas for use in small groups:
  1. Provide each student with a blackboard, cotton bud and water. Invite them to copy patterns onto the blackboard by dipping the cotton buds in water and drawing the patterns onto the board.
  2. Place the cards in plastic sleeves and stick onto a window using tape. Use whiteboard markers to trace the lines on a vertical surface.
  3. Put shaving cream into a tray. Invite students to copy patterns into the shaving cream using their fingers.
  With detailed ‘how to use’ instructions, print 2 to a page for an engaging, hands-on way to develop and refine a variety of skills.

Additional information

Australian Curriculum Code

EYLF OUTCOME 4: Children are confident and involved learners

File Format

pdf

Australian Curriculum V9

F - 6

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