Guidance to support
SBC Guidance to Support
Documents
SBC Early Years Literacy Strategy
Websites
National Guidance to Support
Documents
Literacy and English: Principles and practice
Literacy and English Benchmarks
Milestones supporting learners with complex and ASN
Sing for Joy and Learning
SEIC Pedagogy in Practice ISSUE 4 Sound, Rhythm & Rhyme
Further Reading to Support
Documents
Highland Literacy documents:
ELC and Primary 1:
Fine Motor Skills (Occupational Therapy advice) – Highland Literacy
Messy Play (Occupational Therapy advice) – Highland Literacy
Pencil Control Concepts – Highland Literacy
Posture and Seating (Occupational Therapy advice) – Highland Literacy
Pre-Handwriting – Developmental Continuum – Highland Literacy
Pre-Hand Writing Skills Tracker
Pre-writing Skills (Occupational Therapy advice) – Highland LIteracy
Scissor Skills (Occupational Therapy advice) – Highland Literacy
Teaching Handwriting – The Foundations and Building Blocks – Highland Literacy
Primary 1 onwards:
Pencil Control Skills Screen for school-aged children – Highland Literacy
Pencil Control Skills Screen for school-aged children – Accompanying Resources – Highland Literacy
Teaching Handwriting – Teaching Letter Formation Guidance (Highland Literacy)
Teaching Handwriting – Grapheme Guidance – Highland Literacy
Books
Exploring Clay – Froebel trust
Websites
Pre-Handwriting in Early Learning and Childcare – Highland Literacy (VIDEO)
Pre-Handwriting – Highland Literacy
Pie Corbett – Talk for Writing
Writing with children – Literacy Teaching Toolkit (Victoria State Government)
Training to Support
NHS Borders Speech and Language Therapy can offer personalised training for settings – Wee Talk Borders. Click here to contact.
