Mark making reggio emilia

Handwriting has never been easy to teach to kindergartners, but it is in the Common Core Standards that they learn how to print letters corr...

In our atelier, we’ve been exploring mark-making in various ways over the past two months, and this rolling game has quickly become a favourite among the...

"Scribbles may not make any sense to an adult. They look like a lot of lines, loops, and squiggles. But these marks are very important to a young child. They are a child's way of writing her thoughts. Drawing and scribbling are the first steps in using the skills children will need later for writing." - Mincemoyer, 2013 — Alphabet Academy South Twos http://thealphabetacademy.com #reggio-inspired #scribbles #importance #mincemoyer #twos

Atelier Area - Mark-making

The Mosaic of Marks, Words and Materials Atelier is an invitation to try out and experiment with mark-making tools and unexpected material surfaces.

Lets talk about provocations... What is a provocation? The options really are endless! Provocations are happening wether you come from a Reggio Emilia inspired centre or not. They are the questions we ask, the materials we put out, the music we put on...even we as teachers act as a provocation sometimes... Heres how Journey in Early Childhood defines it... Deliberate and thoughtful decisions made by the teacher to extend the ideas of children. Teachers provide materials, media and general…

Promoting daily name writing in Reception #eyfs #earlyyears #eyfsclassroom #earlywriting