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JennGM
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Posted: Oct 15 2008 at 4:09pm | IP Logged Quote JennGM
My 5 yo is learning to write his letters and numbers. He really likes the reminders that RightStart provides when writing the numbers -- I say it once with him and he says them when he writes, and they have really stuck with him.

1: Straight Down
2: Around and Over
3: Around and Around
4: Down, over, and make a 1.
7: Over and down
5: Over, down, and around
6: Around and Around
8: Down like a 7, around like a 6, and then finish
9: Around, and then down.

They aren't rhyming or cute, but he can visualize as he's writing. Anyone have something similar for writing lowercase letters?

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Posted: Oct 15 2008 at 4:58pm | IP Logged Quote NavyMom
I like Handwriting without tears. We use Right Start too.

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Posted: Oct 15 2008 at 5:05pm | IP Logged Quote Maryan
I don't have all the steps memorized, but I like how HWOT uses "magic c" to form many of the other letters. The downside is that you do the letters out of order, though.

I also like how they do diver letters (p,r,n,m,h,b)

dive down, come up, swim over, and around (for p).. etc.

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