Help your child learn to write by encouraging 'mark making' with scribbles and patterns It's an exciting moment when your child begins to experiment with different-shaped scribbles and patterns.

Claire Martin, Reception teacher at the British International School of Boston, US, suggests ideas and resources for magnificent mark-making The whiteboard table is a particularly popular resource ...

Her richly textured mark-making creates welcoming atmospheres ... Majewski’s bold, fluid, colorful illustrations are in sharp contrast to Gorey’s gothic style, but they perfectly encapsulate ...

Why is mark making an important form of early writing and how can practitioners support and resource for it in their settings? Penny Tassoni investigates Early mark making is the beginning of children ...