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Latest post on 08 January 2011 - 13:17

writing in nursery level is something that is done at the childs own pace, evey child starting in septermber will have different skills, but in order for a child to learn to 'write' anything, they have to hold the pencil correctly, after that they will have better control of the pencil, often children start off with drawing lines and circles, then with some work, they may start to draw other shapes, normally by the 3rd term with my age group, you start to see some letters coming out, letters like i, l, o are really easy for them to write, in FS1 they will start with the childs name, and from there you start to see the child copy some of the alphabet thats around the classroom( last year I had a few cildren who could write letters by coping them from posters) 2.5 years is a good age, perfect for learning socil skills and interacting with other children. its better to send him from sept as it will help him settle into the class quicker, the way I always explain it to parents is 'imagine you as an adult walk into a party really late, and you dont know anyone, but because your late, eveyone has already met each other and have settled into their own groups of conversations, and you walk in and all eyes are on you' in can be intimidating for a child to walk into a class that is already settled. But if your child had a good teacher, then it wont take her long to settle your son( children usually settle within 2 weeks some may take more or less time)

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Latest post on 08 January 2011 - 13:08

Thanks a lot for the info kim; it's quiet clear now what's going on there in EYFS. Do you think it's a good idea send a child to nursery here at the age of 2.5yrs? I'm thinking 3yrs must be better. Will he miss something if skip the first semester (sept)? Don't children practice writing patterns here in the nursery level before start letter writing? if you're considering Early Years, it's helpful to know that in the UK, children don't need to have any formal learning (nursery/ pre-school) until the academic year they turn 5 and the "curriculum" is tailored to suit. Here in Dubai it seems to be interpreted in an academic way, so "mark-making" becomes "writing letters", but no... they don't have to start school at 5 already knowing how to read and write. It's considered far more important to foster a love of learning and children being children, they'll want to try and do more things through copying and just sheer curiosity. Think about it... almost all the children I know managed to pick up some basic numbers before they turned 2... they may not have been in order, but they'd got the concept of quantity and assigning words to that quantity with no formal schooling on the subject. A lot of it is intuitive - they just want to describe their environment and their feelings and will do so regardless.

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Hi I'm a teacher at a nursery here, in septermber my kids are 2.10 or younger, but by feb they are all 3 years old. EYFS basicailly tailors the learning of the child to the child, as teacher we have to observe the children and see what interestes them and how we can expand their learning though the things they like. EYFS has 6 key areas,1) perosnal, social, emotional development, 2) communication, language and literacy 3)knowlodge and understanding of the world 4)creative development 5)physical development 6)problem solving, reasoning and numeracy. based on these concepts as well as developmental progress, we plan on how to enhance you childs skills, and encourage them on the skills they may be behind on. In my class I start name recognition end of first term untill the child really can recognise their name as well as numerical numbers,and to count reliably up to 10 or beyond. but its hard to explain it all in this. In FS1 the start pencil control by learning to write their names and naturally childen learn to write some of the alphabet letters, we mainly teach phonic sounds though. yes some chidren will learn to read, but we dont push them to, in FS2 they will learn reading skills. Learining is a process and the child has to go though the expected milestones. I know this is a lot of information and can seem really confusing, if you need more info or you not sure what im rambling about, let me know:) sorry if I have typo errors, thinking faster then i can type;)

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Numbers Alphabet Songs Rhymes Colours Shapes Opposites Seasons Jollyphonics Thats what I can remember for Nursery,but I know there is lot more.

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Mine (2.5 yo) is learning counting and alphabet (although she already knew them). She's learning phonics (only a bit) and can recognize her name. I think next year she learns how to write the letters. She has an Arabic teacher come in once a week as well. If you ask the school you are applying to to give you a list of skills the look for in their assessments that may be helpful to see and evaluate against. HTH.

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