Mark-making fascinates young children - you have only to look at the baby making marks with spilt milk to see this in action. Over time, children start to attach meanings to the marks they have created and see in the world around them. From this fascination they start to develop an understanding of reading and writing. Parents are usually keen to encourage this interest and we can help them to do this by:
* explaining the link between good speaking and listening skills and the development of literacy
* sharing the ways in which children acquire an understanding of literacy, for example, through the signs that they see in the environment, and how this develops over time into the ability to understand and use conventional print
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