Just back from parents’ evening with a few minor concerns from ds2 (5) teacher. For background he’s in Year 1 but a young summer born and with a few minor speech issues that he is currently receiving speech therapy for. Maths skills are strong and currently reading blue level books so lower range of normal which is great. Her main concerns are regarding his struggles with creative writing. When sat one to one and when prompted to speak about what he wants to say in advance, he can usually write a couple of paragraphs although these can be missing several conjunctives and spelling can be hit and miss but is usually phonetically understandable. His spelling is a concern apparently although my gut feeling is that this will come with time and maturity. He currently has 10 spellings to learn weekly and gets between 8-10 correct although these are a lower level than most of the rest of the class.
Can anyone help with ideas on how to improve his literacy in a fun and low pressured way? He wouldn’t respond well to lots of physical writing so ideally it would be more play based. We read stories every evening, listen to audiobooks in the car and play imaginatively so I feel the building blocks are all there.
Aware that I may be worrying about absolutely nothing but anxiety about the children tends to be higher than normal since being widowed several years ago.