My First Mark Making Book – A4 Early Years Mark Making Book

My First Mark Making Book gives young children their very own special place to explore, scribble, draw and experiment with early mark making.

Introductory price £9.99

Designed especially for early years settings, the book provides plenty of blank space for children to make marks freely in their own way — with no worksheets, no right or wrong answers and no expectation of what their marks should look like.

The opening page includes space for the child’s name and age, plus a large “This is me!” area for their first drawing or marks.

The main section contains blank pages for child-led mark making, while the special final page encourages children and practitioners to look back and see how their marks have changed.

It creates a lovely record of a child’s early mark making and can be kept as a special keepsake when the book is complete.

Product details

• A4 portrait size
• White wire bound at the top
• Blank internal pages for free mark making
• Special introductory “This is me!” page
• “Look how my marks have changed!” final page
• Designed for young children and early years settings
• Ideal for childminders, nurseries and preschool settings
• A lovely keepsake of a child’s earliest marks

Why is mark making important?

Mark making is an important part of early learning. Long before children begin to form recognisable letters and numbers, they experiment with making dots, lines, circles, shapes and scribbles.

These early marks give children opportunities to explore how different tools work, develop hand control and coordination, express their ideas and begin to understand that the marks they make can have meaning.

My First Mark Making Book gives children the freedom to explore this naturally and at their own pace. Looking back through their book also provides a lovely way for children and practitioners to notice how their marks have changed over time.