AnonyMouse_2127 Posted January 21, 2007 Posted January 21, 2007 Hi I'm busy with paper work and keep popping in here for a change of scenery. I have come to the - Letter to parents about letter formation. I'm feeling very bogged down and the brain just won't work as fast as I want it to. The thought of having to compose even a short letter to include examples of letter formation is putting me off doing it. Has anyone got something I could use please? (sorry, I'm not usually this "lazy"). I'll go back to the "things to do" list and come back to this one later. Thanks Sue J
Guest Posted January 21, 2007 Posted January 21, 2007 In the Developing Early Writing book there is a page which shows all the letters of the alphabet and the starting point and direction of each letter. This is what we gave to parents at our Recpetion Evening and just said that the dot was where the letter started and the arrows show the direction to go in.
AnonyMouse_2157 Posted January 21, 2007 Posted January 21, 2007 id this any good to you? We usually make up a little book for the children to take home with this letter stuck inside it. The blank areas at the top labelled left and right hand grips are for a photocopied picture of what the grip looks like... I'v just had a quick search on the web but cant find anything similiar. On the inside back cover of the ahndwriting book we put a sheet similar to the one Mookie is talking about; however, we have put the letters into their 'letter families' e.g all curly caterpillar letters together with a picture of teh caterplillar and an arrow to show the direction; all long ladder letters, zig-zag letters and one armed robots. By reminding the parents about these families it may help with the correct formation... having said that I was in Reception for the past 7 years and you can teach handwriting till you are blue in the face yet lots of children find it difficult... maybe to early eh?? Anyway, hope the attachment is of some use Helping_your_child_to_write_their_name.doc
AnonyMouse_2127 Posted January 21, 2007 Author Posted January 21, 2007 Thanks Apple that's really helpful. Even though we do Jolly Phonics and parents have had the JP help leaflet, some children are coming in and insisting that their name is written using all upper case, because mummy said it's written this way. I thought I would send a letter home with example "Joshua" as well as a bit more info. Thanks Sue J
Guest Posted January 26, 2007 Posted January 26, 2007 I's like to add that even though it may be far too early for some children, there will be others that it is the right time for, and then at least if the parents have the info they can then support their child, when the time is right. Or do I saound a bit over optimistic here?
AnonyMouse_4544 Posted January 26, 2007 Posted January 26, 2007 I think its better they know and hopefully (who am I kidding?) dont teach children a style that has to be unlearnt.
Guest Posted January 26, 2007 Posted January 26, 2007 Hi, I wrote this for our parent information pack. We use cursive handwriting from the start, so its in cursive print. We also use a teddy frame to form the letters. Hope it helps, Letter_Formation2.doc
Guest Posted January 26, 2007 Posted January 26, 2007 That looks really interesting and one that I would like to read but my computer brings up a whole load of symbols that I cannot identify - maybe my compuyter doesn;t recognise the format - is anyone else having these problems. Nikki
Guest Posted January 26, 2007 Posted January 26, 2007 A few weeks before the children start with us, at a parents evening they get a welcome pack with dominoes, cards, dice, key words, number lines etc in it. we also enclose a welcome booklet with useful info in it. Their name written in school script is included in this. We also make tracing their name one of the morning activities they do once a week when they come in first thing. These tracings go home with them and hopefully are a reminder of how we write their name. We use cursive script too and lots arrive writing in capitals or ball and stick style. Cursive is tricky to start with but they soon get the hang of it and by the end of year 1 some of their handwriting is fabulous! Liz x
Guest Posted January 26, 2007 Posted January 26, 2007 Hi Bailey I too am having difficulty reading your attachment. Linda
AnonyMouse_4544 Posted January 26, 2007 Posted January 26, 2007 unless you have the font on your pc you wont be able to read it sorry
Guest Posted January 29, 2007 Posted January 29, 2007 sorry guys!! it was written using the handwriting for windows font. I will re attach a pdf file. Sorry it is in two docs for some reason. Hope this is better. sorry Letter_Formation222.pdf Letter_Formation22.pdf
Guest Posted January 29, 2007 Posted January 29, 2007 OOh that is lovely, our school script and such a good way of doing it, thank you!
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