Handwriting practice book

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Reward Stickers INCLUDED

Handwriting

Drawing Colours

Practice

Tracing 123s

Book 1 • For use with Pre-Schoolers

GREAT FOR LEARNING

Letters & Numbers!

Notes to Teachers and Parents.

Thank you, for making the choice to use Charran’s ‘Handwriting Practice’ Series to teach handwriting to your students.

This series provides a researched-based model of instruction that uses some new strategies that are in harmony with the natural rhythm of a child’s informal early learning. It is also designed to develop future handwriting legibility, speed and accuracy, all useful possessions for future academic and personal success.

All the ‘Handwriting’ activities in this Book 1 are aimed at developing the muscles of the fingers, hands, wrists, arms and shoulders in preparation for formal handwriting and should be integrated into all the daily activities of the pre-schooler e.g. Drawing, Colouring, Recognising and Understanding signs e.g. ENTER EXIT, STOP, WALK, CAUTION etc.

The Charrans’ ‘Handwriting Practice’ Series is presented landscape style like drawing books and only crayons and / or 2inch bits of coloured chalk should be used to complete the “writing” exercises.

Before we begin 1. Exercises of the thumb, fingers, wrists, and shoulders.

DIAGRAM 2. Position the body- Both feet well anchored on the floor while the body is slightly bent over the table.

DIAGRAM 3. Position the book-Bottom left of right corner pointing to the center of the chest.

DIAGRAM 4. Pick the writing tool (crayon or chalk)

™ Squill Hi! I am Squill, the purple Squid.

I am the mascot of the Bests’ ‘Handwriting Practice Series’.

I am able to write with any of my eight tentacles using any of my eight different writing tools (pen, pencil, chalk, crayon, marker, brush, fountain pen or quill).

I hope you will enjoy all the activities in your book.

Contents • TELL & SPELL……………………………………..............Page 5

TELL - Engages the child in identifying signs, recalling where and when they are seen and provides opportunity to tell stories’.

SPELL - Engages the child in identifying the letters of the words (Random order accepted)

Letters are not committed to memory for SPELLING. • DRAW & COLOUR……………………………..................Page 8 • TRACE & COLOUR…………………………................. ...Page 10 • MAKING BUBBLES……………..................……………..Page 11

In addition to being enjoyable, these activities build muscle memory in preparation for formal writing.

• WHERE IS THE HEART? …………...................………...Page 12

This exercise introduces directions on a page.

• KNOW YOUR SHAPES …………………..........................Page 14 • KNOW YOUR NUMBERS………………..........................Page 16

Here the numbers 1-10 are introduced along with the Emergency numbers.

Remember only chalk or crayons are used for ‘Writing’ in this book.

TELL & SPELL ENTRANCE

THIS WAY

DO NOT

ENTER STOP

ENTER

NO ENTRY

EXIT DONT WALK

DRAW A STOP SIGN AT THE END OF THE STREET. Start

maracas 2 KM las cuevas 4 KM

60

N-80

28

End

TELL & SPELL AMBULANCE MEN AT WORK

RESTROOM

MEN

WOMEN

DRAW SOME MEN AT WORK. PUT IN THE SIGN.

TRACE THE LINES AND COLOUR THE PICTURE.

DRAW AND COLOUR SOME HOUSES ON THE STREET.

ADD MORE BUBBLES TO COMPLETE THE PICTURE.

TRACE THE SUN, THE MOON AND THE PIZZA.

WHERE IS THE HEART? Top

Left Side

Right Side

Bottom

DRAW & COLOUR HEARTS AT THE TOP, BOTTOM, LEFT AND RIGHT OF THE PAGE.

SHAPES - TRACE AND COLOUR

DRAW AND COLOUR YOUR SHAPES.

KNOW YOUR NUMBERS.

Know Your Numbers

POLICE - 999 FIRE - 990 AMBULANCE - 990 CHILDLINE - 800-4321

PUT IN THE NUMBERS FOR...

TRACE YOUR NUMBERS.

Certificate of Achievement Awarded to .......................................................................................................................................................

(Child’s name in uppercase letters)

For having successfully completed

‘Handwriting Practice Book 1’ Given this.................day of............................20........

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Handwriting Practice • Book 1 • For use with Pre-Schoolers