Victorian Cursive
by Helen Hall Published by R.I.C. Publications RIC-0999 2.8/361
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FOREWORD Initial Sounds can be introduced through the whole language approach using shared books, daily modelled writing, stories and alphabet songs. These simple art and craft activities are designed to reinforce the learning of these single sounds.
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The children will enjoy making the simple shapes and will learn their sounds at the same time.
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is for apple
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Trace over the letter 'a'. Colour the apple finger puppet with crayon. Cut out the apple and the finger holes. Dance your puppet on the desk.
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is for buzzing bee
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Trace over the letter 'b'. Colour and cut out the bee. Fold the bee along the dotted line. Attach a piece of wool to the bee's back. Make a class bee mobile. Initial Sounds Through Art and Craft www.ricgroup.com.au
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What to do: 1. 2. 3. Cut out the cat. 4. Fold on the dotted lines. 5. Glue on a paper strip or piece of wool for a tail.
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Teac h er Trace over the letter 'c'. Colour the cat with crayon.
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What to do: 1. Trace over the letter 'd'. 2. Colour and cut out the dinosaur. 3. Bend the base at the dotted lines. 4. Stand the dinosaur up. R.I.C. Publications
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is for Easter egg
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What to do: 1. Trace over the letter 'e'. 2. Colour the Easter egg and Easter bunny. 3. Cut out both parts of the egg. 4. Attach the egg 'top' to the egg 'bottom' with a split © R. I . C.Publ i cat i onpin. s 5. Open and close •f orr evi ew pur pose son l y• your egg.
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is for funny fish fingers
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What to do: 1. Trace over the letter 'f'. 2. Colour the hand shape or trace your own hand. 3. Colour it to look like a fish. 4. Cut out the hand shape. 5. Tape on a pop stick to make a fish puppet. 6. Swim your fish around.
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What to do: Trace over the letter 'g'. Colour and cut out the gorilla face. Fold in half on the dotted line. Cut along the line for the mouth. Fold the face back the other way along the same fold. Fold mouth flaps to form two triangles. Hold the gorilla by his cheeks and move hands in and out to open and close his mouth.
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is for happy Humpty
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What to do: 1. Trace over the letter 'h'. 2. Colour Humpty's hat, legs and body. 3. Cut out all the pieces. 4. Cut along the dotted line in the hat and put it on Humpty's head. 5. Concertina fold Humpty's legs and glue to the body shape to make a happy Humpty.
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Ii
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is for indian
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Trace over the letter 'j'. Colour and cut out the joey. Tape a pop stick to the back of the joey. Jump the joey along.
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is for king kicking What to do: 1. Trace over the letter 'k'. 2. Colour the letter 'k' and the king. 3. Cut out the pieces. 4. Glue the pieces together.
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Trace over the letter 'l'. Colour the lion's head. Cut out the head. Cut along the dotted lines on the mane. Curl the mane with a pencil. Tape the head to a popstick. Initial Sounds Through Art and Craft www.ricgroup.com.au
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is for moving monkey
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Trace over the letter 'm'. Colour the monkey with crayon. Cut out the monkey. Tape the monkey's hands over a straw. Make the monkey swing. Initial Sounds Through Art and Craft www.ricgroup.com.au
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Colour in the large rectangle and the bird. Cut a cardboard tube in half. Cut out the rectangle and bird. Glue the rectangle around the cardboard tube and fringe the ends. Curl the ends with a pencil.
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Oo
is for Olly octopus
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What to do: 1. Trace over the letter 'o'. 2. Colour the octopus. 3. Cut out the octopus. 4. Cut crepe paper into thin strips. 5. Twist crepe paper to form legs. 6. Glue the legs to the octopus.
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What to do: 1. Trace over the letter 'q'. 2. Colour and cut out the q and the crown. 3. Glue the crown to the queen's head. 4. Attach strips of coloured paper or pieces of wool for hair. R.I.C. Publications
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is for running rabbits
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What to do: 1. Trace over the letter 'r'. 2. Colour the rectangle and rabbit's head. 3. Cut out the rectangle and rabbit's head. 4. Glue the rectangle around a cardboard tube. 5. Glue on the head and a cottonball tail.
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What to do: 1. Trace over the letter 's'. fold wings down 2. Cut out the large rectangle. 3. Fold the rectangle in half on dotted line a. 4. Cut out the swan. 5. Colour both sides of the swan. 6. Fold down the wings and glue along the middle fold. R.I.C. Publications
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What to do: 1. Trace over the letter 't'. 2. Cut out the rectangle. 3. Fold in half along the dotted line and cut out the tiger. 4. Colour both sides of the tiger. 5. Stand the tiger up. R.I.C. Publications
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What to do: 1. Trace over the letter 'u'. slot 2. Colour the umbrella shapes. together © R. I . C.Publ i cat i ons 3. Cut out the shapes. Attach a •f orr evi ew pur p seb. sonl y• 4. Cut along the slits marked ao and popstick 5. Slot the umbrella shapes together. handle 6. Sticky tape a pop stick to the umbrella.
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What to do: 1. Trace over the letter 'v'. 2. Cut out the large rectangle. 3. Fold the rectangle in half along the dotted line. 4. Cut out the van. 5. Colour both sides of the van. 6. Stand your van up. R.I.C. Publications
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4. Glue on strips of coloured paper for hair. 5. Make a headband and wear your mask.
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What to do: 1. Trace over the letter 'w'. 2. Colour the witch mask. 3. Cut out the witch mask and cut holes for eyes.
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What to do: 1. Trace over the letter 'x'. 2. Colour and cut out the box. 3. Fold along dotted lines. 4. Glue the tabs to the sides to make a box.
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What to do: 1. Trace over the letter 'y'. 2. Colour and cut out the circles. 3. Cut a cardboard tube into short lengths about 3-4 cms long. 4. Using strong glue, glue the circles to the ends of the cardboard tube. 5. Tie one end of the wool around the tube. 6. Wrap the wool around the tube. 7. Bounce the wool up and down to make© a simple yoyo. R. I . C .Publ i cat i ons
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What to do: 1. Trace over the letter 'z'. 2. Cut out all the shapes. 3. Glue the head and tail to the Z.
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