This fun hide and seek activity allows children to find the different animals on the farm. Children can then use the template to write what they can see. This activity encourages children's independent writing as well as using the sentence starter to further promote independence for those children that need it.

Objectives:
Children in Reception
Form lower-case and capital letters correctly (L)
Spell words by identifying the sounds and then writing the sounds with letter/s (L)
Write short sentences with words with known sound-letter correspondences using a capital letter and full stop (L)
Re-read what they have written to check that it makes sense (L)
Early Learning Goals
Write recognisable letters, most of which are correctly formed (L)
Spell words by identifying sounds in them and representing the sounds with a letter or letters (L)
Write simple phrases and sentences that can be read by others (L)

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