Hand writing help

ELLA

Hi all, My Daughter has just started big school and is already having homework two days a week, She is at the moment learning to write letters on a line. She seems to really enjoy doing it which is great.
What I'm looking for is some printable sheets for the dotted letters she can go over with her pencils? Most site's Ive been on want some form of payment which is not really moneysaving!
I just thought it would help her get better with her letters the more practice she gets, so if anyone has any Idea's then that would be great.

Many thanks

conradmum

You can buy workbooks in places like Wilkinsons which have exactly the kind of thing you're after. They're about £2 each.

If you don't want to pay any money at all, why don't you just do some yourself? You don't have to have dotted lines, just writing the letters in light pencil will have the same effect.

milliebear00001

Hiya, you might find these helpful. They are from a fantastic free teachers' resource site called Sparklebox:

http://www.sparklebox.co.uk/cll/alphabet/cursive.html

Make sure you scroll down to the bottom of the page for the letter formation sheets.

HTH x

ELLA

I don't mind paying out for some books, I just didn't want to pay what the websites were asking lol.....
I was hoping there would be sheets I could print out somewhere but i will have a look in wilkinsons, many thanks.

bobbiely

My mum used to write a sentence (any old sentence, often silly ones like "The mole went down the hole", etc., in a slightly bigger than normal size that took up the whole space between the two lines) and I used to copy it down below. Simple but I remember enjoying it twenty years on! Maybe not right for now but in a couple of months when she has the ability & confidence to write the letters.

The kind of worksheets you mention I used at school, maybe you could ask the teacher if you could photocopy one if they still use them?

daisyboo

have you tried here all the things are fee.

http://www.sparklebox.co.uk/cll/writing/form.html

daisyboo

oops someone beat me too it

wolfehouse

there are a few good free ones on here.
(not everything is free though)

http://www.skillbuildersonline.com/SBA/Index.asp

BernadetteN

We have just moved to Belgium where children from the age of 5 learn to write with fountain pens and are taught cursive writing from the start- little biros or pencils. Our 6 year old's left handed writing has been transformed into an art form and she is already correcting me for incorrect formation of my letters hwen I write French. I have no idea what the availablity of fountain pens is like in the UK but here there are plenty of easy to use pens aimed at the teeny market. Perhaps it's worth a try.

liney

My son is at Pre-school and will be starting primary in January, but has been sent home with cursive handwriting sheets in order for him to learn to write his name and the alphabet. He can write him name, but he certainly doesn't do it in cursive, which is something i remember learning to do prior to joined-up writing.

I was going to have a word with his teacher about it as i feel it is far too advanced to expect 3 and 4 year olds to be able to do this, and is confusing for them when they are only just learning the sounds that letters make. Is this normal practice now?

milliebear00001

liney wrote: »

My son is at Pre-school and will be starting primary in January, but has been sent home with cursive handwriting sheets in order for him to learn to write his name and the alphabet. He can write him name, but he certainly doesn't do it in cursive, which is something i remember learning to do prior to joined-up writing.

I was going to have a word with his teacher about it as i feel it is far too advanced to expect 3 and 4 year olds to be able to do this, and is confusing for them when they are only just learning the sounds that letters make. Is this normal practice now?

No it's not. The aim for the foundation stage (so up til end of Reception year) is that children should be able to write their name. There is no mention of this needing to be in cursive script, but some schools still encourage this as they believe it makes later progression to 'joined up' writing easier. I am surprised also that your pre-schooler is getting 'homework'! Practise writing sheets are a pretty old-fashioned way of approaching early writing these days and unless your son enjoys writing in this way, then I wouldn't push it - you might do more harm than good! Try http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/eyfs/ for more info.