Learn to Letter
Current Mood:
Sad
My son has been through preschool, kindergarten, and the first quarter of first grade. And at no point in any of this schooling was he taught how to form his letters properly… They just wanted him to get some close approximation of the letter shape down on paper. That has lead to very poor penmanship (okay yes, he’s in first grade, but it is very bad), which can lead to more problems in the future. Sure, nowadays everyone types, but nice (or even passable) handwriting is important. So I need to fill in that gap. 
I went to the store looking for writing tablets that show proper letter formation (start at the top, make a line down, etc) when I found these really interesting notepads. They are by Mead, called “4-in-1 Learn to Letter.” What sets these notepads apart is the fact that they have impressions in the paper that help guide the pencil to make the letters, as opposed to just dotted lines. They also have arrows with numbers, to show which line is first and what direction to write. What makes it 4-in-1 is that there’s a section of capital letters, a section of lowercase letters, a section of impressed top and bottom guide lines, then a section of just printed guide lines. Pretty sweet, and it is really helping. We’ve been using it for four days now (we are only working on capitals) and I can see that he’s improved in his letter formation. Once we get these letters down, I think we’ll move on to cursive. Crazy? Nope, my younger son learned cursive in preschool at the same time as he learned his printed letters. Obviously different schools. 
Bored
Cool
Happy
Esctatic
So we’ve completed week one of home school. Wee lad still has a project he wants to do with Dad, but otherwise our week is done. Here’s what I’ve learned so far:
BTW, if this image ends up anywhere besides right where it is, I will order a DCMA take-down order. Not to be a jerk, but to avoid the jerks that make fun of kids’ drawings.
