Nursery Curly Pig Tails: Spiral Mark-Making Mat

Curly Pig Tails: spiral mark-making mat. Four pigs, each with a big curly tail to follow from the green dot. Children trace the spirals with a finger, a whiteboard pen or a pink playdough snake. Round and round movements build the control children need for later letter shapes. What’s included: • Teacher guide with Development Matters links. • Spiral mark-making mat. Ideas for using it: • Trace the tails: Follow each curly tail from the green dot. • Playdough tails: Roll pink playdough and curl it along the tail. • Air tails: Draw curly tails in the air with a finger. • Count the curls: How many times does the tail go round? Linked to Development Matters (three and four-year-olds): • Use a comfortable grip with good control when holding pens and pencils. • Use large-muscle movements to wave flags and streamers, paint and make marks. • Use a wider range of vocabulary. • Understand the five key concepts about print: print has meaning. Supplied as a ready-to-print PDF (A4 landscape). Print, laminate and reuse all year.