![]() However, for these children correct capital letter formation needs to be taught alongside the introduction of letter joins. This is because capital letters never join to the lower-case letters in a word. Those taught a continuous cursive font style from the beginning tend to join much earlier due to the nature of this font (for some by the end of their Reception Year).Ĭhildren do not need to be able to remember how to correctly form all their capital letters before they are taught how to join their letters. Letters are positioned appropriately on the writing line as well as in relation to one another.Ĭhildren generally begin to join letters between the ages of 6 to 7 years old, depending on the handwriting font style being taught.Letters are of a consistent and suitable size (not necessarily the perfect size, remember big is beautiful).They have learnt to form all 26 lower-case letters correctly.Here at Teach Children we believe that a child is only ready to start learning to join their handwriting when:
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