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www.letterland.com © Letterland International 2016 LETTERLAND® is a registered trademark of Lyn Wendon. All rights reserved. Copying, public performance and broadcasting of this recording in whole or in part is only permissible with written authorisation from the Publisher. ISBN: 9781782481669 Product Code: TH87
Code: TH87 £8.99 ISBN 978-1-78248-166-9
See our full range at: www.letterland.com Sing-along Handwriting Book: Written by Lisa Holt & Lyn Wendon Designed by Lisa Holt & Klara Skariah
Lowercase Handwriting Songs: Lyrics: Lyn Wendon Arranged & produced by Dave Corbett Vocals: Dave Corbett & Wendy Holloway
Uppercase Handwriting Songs: Lyrics: Lisa Holt & Lyn Wendon Music by Tim Woolf Produced by ID audio Vocals: Rachael Louise Miller & Nigel Pilkington
9 781782 481669 Child-friendly phonics
Uppercase and lowercase letter shapes Sing-along in the car too !
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g n o l a Sing Handwriting Songs – Track List 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26.
a – Annie Apple – lowercase A – Annie Apple’s Applestand – uppercase b – Bouncy Ben – lowercase B – Bouncy Ben balances a ball – uppercase c – Clever Cat – lowercase C – Clever Cat gets bigger – uppercase d – Dippy Duck – lowercase D – Dippy Duck’s Duck Door – uppercase e – Eddy Elephant – lowercase E – Eddy Elephant’s on-End trick – uppercase f – Firefighter Fred – lowercase F – Firefighter Fred gets bigger – uppercase g – Golden Girl – lowercase G – Golden Girl’s Go-cart – uppercase h – Harry Hat Man – lowercase H – Harry Hat Man’s Handstand – uppercase i – Impy Ink – lowercase I – Impy Ink’s Ink Pen – uppercase j – Jumping Jim – lowercase J – Jumping Jim jumps up – uppercase k – Kicking King – lowercase K – Kicking King gets bigger – uppercase l – Lucy Lamp Light – lowercase L – Lucy Lamp Light gets longer – uppercase m – Munching Mike – lowercase M – Muching Mike’s Mum – uppercase
27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52.
n – Noisy Nick – lowercase N – Noisy Nick’s New Nails – uppercase o – Oscar Orange – lowercase O – Oscar Orange gets bigger – uppercase p – Peter Puppy – lowercase P – Peter Puppy pops up – uppercase q – Quarrelsome Queen – lowercase Q – Quarrelsome Queen’s Quiet Room – uppercase r – Red Robot – lowercase R – Red Robot changes shape – uppercase s – Sammy Snake – lowercase S – Sammy Snake gets bigger – uppercase t – Talking Tess – lowercase T – Talking Tess grows taller – uppercase u – Uppy Umbrella – lowercase U – Uppy Umbrella gets bigger – uppercase v – Vicky Violet – lowercase V – Vicky’s Vase gets bigger – uppercase w – Walter Walrus – lowercase W – Walter Walrus gets bigger – uppercase x – Fix-it Max – lowercase X – Fix-it Max gets bigger – uppercase y – Yellow Yo-yo Man – lowercase Y – Yellow Yo-yo Man steps up – uppercase z – Zig Zag Zebra – lowercase Z – Zig Zag Zebra gets bigger – uppercase
Based on characters originated by Lyn Wendon
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How to use this book There are 52 basic letter shapes in written English (Aa–Zz) and they are all abstract shapes. In Letterland these abstract shapes are linked to child-friendly characters that children love and quickly get to know. When your child sees the Letterland characters linked to the letter shapes, the risk of confusing all these abstract shapes is greatly reduced. You’ll then find that even when you show the plain black letter shape your child will ‘see’ the character in their mind’s eye, helping them remember the sound and how to form the letter shape. It’s important for your child to learn the right ‘movement pathway’ for each letter. Correct formation ensures that the letters begin and end in the right place. This is especially important when your child moves on to the next stages of joined-up handwriting. If young children are allowed to form letters ‘their own way’ these habits quickly become established and can be very difficult to correct later. Finger-trace! When little fingers get the habit of forming each letter the right way handwriting becomes much easier. Let your child use their finger to trace over each large hollow letter before using the pencil to write the strokes. There are starting arrows to show the correct starting points. Write and sing! Play the Handwriting Songs CD as your child writes the letter shapes. The catchy tunes are full of easy-toremember tips on forming the letter shapes. Trace over the large letter shapes first and then move onto smaller letters as skills improve. You could even listen to the songs on a car journey and make the letter shapes in the air!
Letter shapes
Handwriting practice
The Letterland characters and the letter shapes to trace over are on the popular ‘Sassoon’ font. This pre-cursive font is used widely in schools. Please note that the letter ‘k’ and ‘f’ have two variant shapes. Choose whichever your child is most familiar with.
Dots and arrows to help with starting positions and correct letter formation. Letter shapes become more faint so children gradually learn to form letters on their own.
Song lyrics Each song provides a friendly rhyme to guide correct letter formation (both lower and uppercase). Sing along with the audio CD as the letter shapes are formed.
Letters in context Words with the target letter shapes to write over. These words and short phrases are easy to ‘sound out’ as they are mostly made up of letters making their most regular sound. Also included are a few common ‘tricky’ words such as ‘the’ which are useful for children to become familar with in the first stages of learning to read.
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Warm up!
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Listen & write!
Track 1
Annie Apple
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At the leaf begin. Go ‘round the apple this way. Then add a line down so Annie won’t roll away.
a a a a a a aaaaaaaa
Annie Apple’s Applestand Track 2
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At the applestand top start down to the line. And again from the top, start the other way. Fine! Then add a shelf for Annie to sit with lots of space for her friends to fit.
AAAAAA A A A A A A An ant.
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Bouncy Ben
Listen & write!
Track 3
Brush down Ben’s big, long ears. Go up and ‘round his head so his face appears.
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b b b b b b bbbbbbbb
Bouncy Ben balances a ball Track 4
Brush down Bouncy Ben’s big brown ear, Then go ‘round his balancing ball, Next brush gently ‘round his head, but take care that his ball won’t fall.
BBB 1 2
BBBBBB B B B B B A
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