Squiggle While You Wiggle

Every day in the EYFS we do something called 'Squiggle While You Wiggle', you may hear it called 'Squiggle Time' by your children! This is a gross motor programme designed to support early writing. Last term the children did a number of exercises each day during Squiggle Time, they quickly learnt that we were doing the exercises to get our bodies 'ready to learn'. By the end of term the class were able to complete all exercises with sustained attention and focus and much-improved techniques compared to week 1! This term we are moving onto big movements that will support letter formation and today we had our first session in the new format! The children used their 'flappers' (squares of fabric) to do the big movements, then we moved onto using the giant paper to recreate these movements with crayons! Today we focussed on up and down, side to side and criss-cross (both of the former but at the same time). 

Please enjoy this super-sped-up video of our lesson in action. The children are already amazing me with their mark-making abilities and, with their enthusiasm during Squiggle Time, the only way is up for Class R!

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