8. Write the first two letters of your name 
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First milestone: children can use the muscles in their hands and arms to make big movements and bring together hand and eye movements to fix on and make contact with objects. 
Children will increasingly become confident in engaging in activities such as: throwing and catching balls, pushing the wagon, exploring a musical instrument, playdough and paint. ​​
As children build up their large and fine motor skills they engage in activities for a longer period of time. They can grasp objects and can focus on what they are doing e.g. hold arms out and wait to catch a ball, thread beads on to a piece of string or build a stable tower of up to 10 blocks etc. 
Where children need individualised and additional help, this will be offered promptly. Help includes: individualised support from key person; small group work; individual meetings with parents to map a way forward. ​
Second milestone: Children can make random marks with their fingers and some tools. Children will engage in a variety of ways to make marks e.g.  making marks in dough/clay/sand,  holding a paint brush to make marks or  using chalk on the ground in the garden  etc. 
As children become more confident in making marks they begin to talk about their marks with others and give meaning to these e.g. “That’s mummy” or “It’s a dinosaur.” 
Third milestone: as children’s mark making develops they make more small controlled movements and can draw lines and circles. They can distinguish between these marks e.g. ‘line, circle, zig zag’ etc. They begin to use anticlockwise movements and retrace vertical lines. Children are familiar with language of directionality such as ‘up, down, round and round.’
(forward and backwards) 
Children can find their name card and are able to look at it when attempting to write their name. 
As children use their name cards repeatedly and becoming familiar with the RWI formation sheet they become more confident in attempting to form letters. Some children will begin to form recognisable letters. 
Final milestone: children hold their pen or pencil with a comfortable grip. They write their first two letters of their name clearly and with correct directionality.
or  (They write a few letters in their name that they recognise first then they will be able to write the rest of their names with practice.) ​