🌺 Remembrance Pre-Writing Patterns – Activity Planner

Make Remembrance Day meaningful through early mark-making with this practical activity planner from Wonderfully Early Years.

Designed to accompany our Remembrance Pre-Writing Patterns activity sheet, this planner helps practitioners use a simple, seasonal activity to develop the fine-motor control and early writing skills children need for future handwriting.

Inside the planner, you’ll find:

❤️ Purpose and learning intention – understand how the activity supports early writing development.

🌺 Step-by-step guidance – model how to trace the patterns, encouraging children to follow the lines with control and direction.

✏️ Resources and preparation – simple ideas for setting up the activity in your classroom or provision.

🌱 Support and challenge – adapt the activity to meet different developmental stages, from finger-tracing to independent pattern creation.

💬 Key vocabulary and adult role – support language development through purposeful modelling and sensitive discussion.

📚 EYFS curriculum links – connect the activity to Physical Development, Literacy and Understanding the World.

Featuring poppy-inspired patterns, gentle curves, waves, zigzags and loops, this resource provides an engaging opportunity to practise controlled movements while exploring the theme of remembrance in an age-appropriate way.

Perfect for: Reception and nursery practitioners looking for purposeful mark-making activities, seasonal provision ideas and practical planning support.