Learning to read and write is a tricky business. Before you can understand how to recognise and form letters, you must have seen them thousands of times. This is why it is important that children are exposed to a wide variety of letters and symbols regularly throughout their early years. It creates a foundation, from which reading and writing will grow. Using texture and colour is one way of exposing Tamariki to a multi-sensory experience where we can practise drawing and writing our letters. Any experience where we are able to use our hands and brains, helps to develop the hand-eye co-ordination needed for writing, as well as the muscles in our arms and hands, needed to correctly hold a pencil. Our Early Childhood curriculum, Te Whariki, states that Children will learn to 'recognise print symbols and concepts, using them for enjoyment, meaning and purpose'. Today, we were able to practise the letters in our names, as well as draw, shapes and emotions (faces), while chatting, suggesting and laughing with our peers. Playing while learning is what Early childhood is all about!
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