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978-1-845-65295-1 – Cambridge Handwriting at Home: Forming Manuscript Letters

Gill Budgell and Kate Ruttle
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Me e t t h e lo n g la d d e r
1 Write l in the air with your finger.
2 Trace over l with your finger. Say the sound.
3 Write over l with your pen. Say the sound.
4 Write l yourself.
5 Fill the long ladder with l’s.

Notes for grown-ups

• The long ladder letters are l, i, u, t, j, y, w, b.
• Make sure your child starts each letter at the top.

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1 Trace over li and with fiyour

withi your nger.fiSay
nger.the
Saysound.
the sounds.
2 Write over il and with pen.
withi your yourSay
pen.the
Saysound.
the sounds.
3 Write ithese letters yourself.
yourself.
4 lollipop
Fill the ice with
creams with i’s. the ice cream with i’s.
l’s. Fill

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Gill Budgell and Kate Ruttle
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1 Trace over u and with fiyour

witht your nger.fiSay
nger.the
Saysound.
the sounds.
2 Write over u and with pen.
witht your yourSay
pen.the
Saysound.
the sounds.
3 Write u these letters yourself.
yourself.
4 Fill the umbrella with u’’ss.and t’s.

Notes for grown-ups

• Letter i should be written: down then the dot.
• Letter u should be written without taking the pen
off the page.

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1 Trace over t with your finger. Say the sound.

2 Write over t with your pen. Say the sound.
3 Write t yourself.
4 Fill the turtle with t’s.

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1 Trace over uj with

and tyour
withfiyournger.fiSay
nger.
theSay the sounds.
sound.
2 Write over ju with
and tyour
withpen. yourSay
pen. theSay the sounds.
sound.
3 Write jthese letters yourself.
yourself.
4 umbrella
Fill the jellyfi withj ’us.’s and t’s.
sh with

Notes for grown-ups

• Letter t should be written with two strokes: down,
curve, pencil off and cross.
• Letter j should be written: down then the dot.

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1 Trace over y with your finger. Say the sound.

2 Write over y with your pen. Say the sound.
3 Write y yourself.
4 Fill the yaks with y’s.

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1 Trace over w with your finger. Say the sound.

2 Write over w with your pen. Say the sound.
3 Write w yourself.
4 Fill the whale with w’s.

Notes for grown-ups

• Make sure your child starts each letter at the top.
• These letters should be written without taking the pen
off the paper.

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1 Trace over b with your finger. Say the sound.

2 Write over b with your pen. Say the sound.
3 Write b yourself.
4 Fill the balloons with b’s.

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Meet the
1 o n e -a r m e d r o b o t
Trace over u and t with your finger. Say the sounds.
2 Write over u and t with your pen. Say the sounds.
3
1 Write rthese letters
in the yourself.
air with your finger.
4
2 Fill theover
Trace r withwith
umbrella ’s nger.
yourufi and tSay
’s. the sound.
3 Write over r with your pen. Say the sound.
4 Write r yourself.
5 Fill the one-armed robot with r’s.

Notes for grown-ups

• The one-armed robot letters are r, n, m, h, p, k.
• Make sure your child starts each letter at the top.

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1 Trace over n with your finger. Say the sound.

2 Write over n with your pen. Say the sound.
3 Write n yourself.
4 Fill the nest with n’s.

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