Handwriting
Hand grip development from birth
Learn about the developmental stages that a child needs to experience in order to master handwriting.
An exemplar handwriting lesson
Our template resources can be used again and again for best-practice handwriting lessons from Reception to KS2.
Motor skills and handwriting
Discover some of the best ways to encourage progress in children’s gross motor skills – and why doing so is important when teaching early handwriting.
Mark making
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Mark making and early writing skills
Early years
Early Years
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Laying foundations for writing in the early years
Early years
Early Years
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Literacy food activity mat
Early years
Early Years
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Role play writing frames
Early years
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Essential Experiences Mini-series
Early years
Early Years
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World Book Day
Early years
Early Years
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Making your mark
Early years
Early Years
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A Patchwork of Marks
Early years
Early Years
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On your marks
Early years
Early Years
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Dinosaur park
Early years
Early Years
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Reading, writing and ‘children’s culture’
Early years
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Pre-literacy interaction
Early years
Early Years
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What’s in your… writing area?
Early years
Early Years
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Making an alphabet
Early years
Free
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Scrimbling using Write Dance
Early years
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Christmas tree counting – activities
Early years
Free
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Superhero powers – activities
Early years
Free
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Revised Early Learning Goals: Literacy and Maths
Early years
Early Years
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Autumn activities for babies
Early years
Early Years
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Handwriting activity sheets
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Handy owl
Early years
Free
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Snail trails
Early years
Free
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Handwriting practice paper
Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
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Exemplar handwriting lesson
Early years, Key stage 1
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Handwriting Practice worksheets
Early years, Key stage 1
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Accompanying notes for exemplar handwriting lesson
Early years, Key stage 1
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Winter Literacy Activity Mat
Early years
Early Years
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Summer Literacy Activity Mat
Early years
Early Years
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Quick Practice – Letter Formation
Early years
Early Years
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My Postcard
Early years, Key stage 1
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Quick Practice: Still Life
Early years
Early Years
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Snow patterns
Early years
Early Years
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Spring activity pack
Early years, Key stage 1
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Space-themed literacy activity mat
Early years
Early Years
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Autumn Literacy Activity Mat
Early years
Early Years
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Quick Practice – Move Your Fingers!
Early years
Early Years
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Humpty Dumpty – activities
Early years
Early Years
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