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There are a number of ways in which you can help to support your child before they enter the Reception Year:
· Encourage them to dress and undress independently;
· Teach them to use the toilet independently and to wash their hands;
· Encourage them to look after their own belongings and to tidy away their toys;
· Promote play situations with other children to develop social skills.
You can encourage pre-reading skills and mathematical skills by:
· Reading a variety of stories and rhymes to your child, talking about the pictures and the story together;
· Encouraging them to learn nursery and counting rhymes by heart and to play with sounds in words,
for example, eye-spy;
· Playing matching games, lotto, etc.;
· Encouraging your child to complete jigsaws;
Finally, playing games together can have great social and language benefits for your child, and this process is continued throughout this initial Reception year.