Re: too much????
i'm a qualified early years teacher and would say from experience that we hope children will write their name and form about 20/26 letters correctly by the time they leave reception year. it is very common for children to start reception knowing NO letters at all but likely that they will know atleast half by the end of their first year.
I would say: yes encourage him to mark make and look at books; yes talk to him about letters and numbers and encourage him to recognise his name
you really need to talk to the school about what they are doing as there is nothing worse for a teacher if a parent/carer teaches children to form letters differently!! find out which scheme they use so you can provide continuity eg some schools really like jolly phonics which is a totally diff way than say ruth miskin. he will also be learning to read high frequency words so maybe you could help him recognise those. don't push him further than they are at school but it would be great if you could encourage him with what he's doing there!!
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