sit on a chair with your two feet placed on the floor. ✓
get comfortable in bed.
position your paper so it is slightly angled. ✓
hold your pencil in the tripod position. ✓
hold your pencil any way you like.
True or false. Exercising your hands and wrists before handwriting will make your hands stronger.
'True' ✓
Select the correct formation of the first join an.
Select the correct formation of the first join ap.
Select the correct formation of the first join ar.
Select the correct formation of the first join aw.
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
The letters all have a lead in and a lead out.
The pencil does not lift when forming the join.
The third join starts at the x-height line and dips below the x-height line and back up to join the next letter.
When using the third join you leave enough space to ensure the letters are not touching without leaving a big gap.
All of the letters are x-height letters.
Common misconception
Children can struggle to get the gap size between the letters correct with this join.
Model this join lots emphasising 'we dip down and across and then form the next letter so they can still hold hands, we don't want them to be far away from each other'.
Keywords
Cursive - style of handwriting where the letters are joined together in a flowing and connected manner
Lead in - the stroke or line that guides us into starting a letter
Lead out - the stroke or line that guides us to smoothly finish a letter
X-height line - this is the line that x-height letters reach
