Twenty-six pages, one for each small letter, in four families of letters that start the same way: up and down letters like i, t and u, loop letters like e, l and b, round letters like c, a and o, and hump letters like n, m and y. Each page starts with three big letters to trace, with numbered start dots and arrows. Then children write the letter on a handwriting line that goes from an ink example to dashed copies to faint ones, trace two short words with the letter joined, and write on a line of their own.
Teach one family at a time, a letter a day. Model the letter on lined chart paper, saying each stroke out loud, and show how it starts the same way as the letters before it in the family. Children trace in the air before they trace on the page, then write the two words and read them back.
Do one page at a time. Ask your child to show you where the letter starts and which way the pen goes, then let them trace and write it. Praise starting in the right place and joining the letters more than neat lines.
A handwriting page for each small cursive letter, taught in families of letters that start the same way. Children trace each letter big, write it on handwriting lines with less help each time, then trace and write it joined in words.
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