Language and Literacy

A good preparation for Language and Literacy is achieved by helping a child to talk well and encouraging a wide and adapt vocabulary. A child needs to be able to concentrate and listen and to have a good grounding in Practical Life and Sensorial exercises. This area is especially designed to develop the skills of pencil control and confidence starting with the use of insets.

Free style drawing and painting encourages emergent writing whilst through the use of the sandpaper letters children are introduced to sounds using phonetics and the correct letter formation in the readiness for writing. Once the sounds of the letters are mastered, then simple, short words can be phonetically ‘sounded out’ and made using the Large Movable Alphabet.

We have a quiet book corner where children can sit, relax and enjoy a good book with a friend or alone. Story time is always greeted with wails of delight while the children choose some of their favourite books to be read at the end of the day.