Nursery World - Marking time

Practitioners can take the lead from one child's emerging literacy skills and enhance their provision around the setting for all the children, as Jane Drake explains Observation in setting

Observation in setting

Kelly, aged three years eight months, was observed making marks on paper as she held an imaginary telephone conversation with her mother. 'Yes... I'll go to the shop and get some chips... Do you want some milk?... Yes... and some milk.' She told the supporting adult, 'That was my mum... She wants some chips and some milk', and she took her 'list' to the role-play supermarket. Later in the afternoon, Kelly noticed that her keyworker was jotting down observations in a notebook and asked what she was writing.

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Her mother says Kelly is keen to sign her name on family birthday cards.

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