Get Set Literacy Writing Letters: Reception, Ages 4-5

Product description for teachers and tutors

Schofield & Sims Get Set Early Years is a comprehensive and engaging early years scheme that aims to bridge the gap between play and formal learning, helping all children to become school-ready by the end of Reception. Comprising twelve activity books and three accompanying teacher’s guides, Get Set Early Years covers all the Early Learning Goals (ELGs) for Literacy, Mathematics and Understanding the world. Each activity book provides:

• exciting and motivating activities to support classroom teaching
• friendly illustrations to inspire conversation and encourage mark-making
• key vocabulary for each topic area
• notes and tips for parents and carers. 

 Get Set: Writing Letters familiarises children with the shapes and movements needed for writing letters. This book begins with simple mark-making exercises to develop pencil grip. The letters are then introduced one by one and are grouped by formation family for ease of learning. A separate accompanying teacher’s guide, Get Set Literacy Teacher’s Guide (ISBN 9780721714400), contains detailed teacher’s notes, links to show corresponding pages in the activity book, and supporting photocopiable resources. A selection of free downloads is also available from the Schofield & Sims website.

Dimensions: 21 x 0.3 x 29.7 cm