Following on...

Thank you to all the parents that were able to attend today's session regarding reading and how it all starts off! I hope it was informative and you don't feel too overloaded with information! If you weren’t able to attend then I am happy to print off the presentation that I gave and answer any questions that you might have.

Following on from the session, I have posted two websites below. One that shows the pre-cursive and cursive letter formations. We will be starting to add lead-ins (or slopes) to the pre-cursive writing from September. 

The other website is where you may purchase a whiteboard with the cursive letters on - they are a fabulous resource that we use in the school and will help children come to grips with the skills required for cursive writing. 

http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/english/contents_handwriting.htm - great website where you can see pre-cursive and cursive letter with lead-ins, easily printed off too! The only one to watch out for is the 'z' - we do not do ours like it is on this website, we do ours - 'z' - like the picture at the top of this post.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Flash-Back-Cursive-Script-Board/dp/B000UUQ306/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1373629211&sr=8-2&keywords=cursive+writing+whiteboard - Again, the 'z' is not how we will be teaching the children to do it, annoyingly.

Thank you again and I look forward to working with you in September.

Mr. Gibson