Writing 16-26 Months

[AnonyMouse_18910]

Hello All

 

Can anyone out there share with me what writing would look like at 16-26 months.

 

Thank you in advance for your help.

 

Nicky x

[AnonyMouse_18910]

Hello All

 

Can anyone out there share with me what writing would look like at 16-26 months.

 

Thank you in advance for your help.

 

Nicky x

[AnonyMouse_30128]

There are no statements for this age group....i would be looking at gross motor skills or emergent mark making

[AnonyMouse_18910]

Thank you Finleysmaid

 

I'm a reception teacher, I did a some internal moderation with our nursery. A lot of our children had been judged as being at 16-26 on entry in September.

 

I thought that this was too low for the majority of them.

[AnonyMouse_30128]

on entry to nusery ?or reception?

[AnonyMouse_18910]

^{On entry for nursery.}

 

^{17/22 we recorded at 16-26 mths for writing.}

 

^{I just thought it a little odd to have so many children at that stage. I'm not in that class so It's tricky to say without know the children. so I was looking for a little help.}

[AnonyMouse_30128]

^{On entry for nursery.}

 

^{17/22 we recorded at 16-26 mths for writing.}

 

^{I just thought it a little odd to have so many children at that stage. I'm not in that class so It's tricky to say without know the children. so I was looking for a little help.}

i would expect a proportion to be at 22-36 months as this is their chronological age...most of my 2 and a half year olds would be mark making and using large hand and arm movements (in action songs/physical/ribbon dancing etc!) perhaps the feeder setting is looking for use of pencils/drawing tools only? this would be inappropriate for this age group IMO

[AnonyMouse_18910]

^{Thank you so much for your advice, I was of the same opinion as you. I think you're right regarding the nursery expectation. I've been in reception for so long now that I wasn't 100% confident that I was right.}

 

^{Thank you Finleysmaid. Have a great weekend.}

 

 

 

 

 

^{Thank you and have a lovely weekend. x}

 

[AnonyMouse_67152]

Totally agree with Finleysmaid - sorting with fine motor pincer grip, pegging, mark making with fingers in wet/dry media, threading - ooh I could go on and on and on but don't want to bore you!!

 

I had an interesting conversation with my sister in law who was asking my advice regarding getting my nephew (just 2) to start to write. When I spoke to her about the sort of things he liked to do and suggested a few things her response was but you haven't even mentioned a pencil - which kind of says it all really!!

[AnonyMouse_3307]

Going into a nursery class children are typically term after 3rd birthday so really I would pitch 30 - 50 as a typical stage of development given the majority would be 36+ months and could be even 40+months if a september 3 and starting in Jan.

 

Sometimes giving meaning to marks as they draw and paint and ascribes meanings to marks that they see in different places is what I would typically expect if they have had a rich experience prior to starting in Nursery.

 

If the nursery is saying 16 - 26 they are in effect saying the cildren are possibly developmentally a year behind where they would typically be. Are they really operating in a similar way to 2 yr olds?

[AnonyMouse_19802]

A bit of creative scribble? Making marks in different media?

[AnonyMouse_18910]

Thank you for sharing. x