Helping Your Child at Home

Supporting your child’s development

There are many parts of your child’s early development that you can support at home, here are some of our goals that you can practise together at home:

• Early Phonics – practise production of speech sounds, recognising letters and sounds in the environment. Read books and tell stories.

• Learn to write your name – practise tracing, copying the letters, holding a pencil correctly.

• Read your name – practise recognising your name in writing and letters from your name.

• Read and Write numbers beyond 5 – practise reading numbers in the environment, playing number games, tracing and writing numbers.

• Count objects or actions beyond 10 – practise counting objects and actions and singing number songs.

• Social skills - practise taking turns, sharing and using good manners. 

• Independence – practise being more independent with dressing, toileting and other personal tasks.