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CathinCoffeland
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Posted: April 13 2007 at 1:38pm \| IP Logged

where the o's go? or hearts over the i's?

I realized we just dropped learning how to form letters this year (kindergarten) between pegnancy and new baby ive been lucky to find time to just snuggle and read.

but i noticed all the writing dd does (a lot independently-little love notes, books etc...) has inconsistent letter forms, sizes etc so i thought we'd step back and start working with a begining handwriting book and doing some simple copy work.

Well, Holy Holy Holy looks like
H

oly,H

oly,

not to mention all the little hearts and flowers in her name. Should i ignore this or address it.

Also its funny she reads very well but when she first did her copy work she read it then she re-wrote it phoneticaly- holy became hle. Even though it was right in front of her.

any thoughts?

thanks maggie

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Posted: April 14 2007 at 10:38am \| IP Logged

Hi Maggie,

We don't get smiley faces but we do get hearts.

I haven't been having her do much copywork lately just due to this season in our life, but I think I'll let her do it when she writes letters to her pen pals and for fun stuff and just ask her to do the copywork straight.

I don't know if that helps....

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Posted: April 14 2007 at 12:53pm \| IP Logged

I think this is a natural and normal stage many girls go through. She is starting to develop her own handwriting style. I wouldn't worry. By the time she finds the style that truly fits her, all those little "extras" will have been dropped. I would let her do it in her "fun writing" but encourage her to keep it out of all formal school assignments.

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Posted: April 15 2007 at 8:34am \| IP Logged

If she's still doing it when she's 25, I would start to worry.

No, seriously -- My girls have done this, and I have just requested, for formal writing that they don't do all the embellishments. But when they're writing letters, notes, whatever, just for fun, it's fine with me.

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