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Did you know that kids around the world use different alphabet shapes to write words? Writing a new letter is just like following a mini treasure map with your pencil!
Each single line or curve your pencil makes before lifting off the paper is called a stroke.
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How do we know which line to draw first? Let's look at a letter that wears a tiny hat!
Meeting the Letter Γ
In Spanish, the letter Γ± makes a fun sound like the ny sound in canyon or piΓ±ata.
It is built with the letter n plus a special wavy line on top called a tilde.
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Always finish the main letter before adding the mark on top! Putting a roof on a house only works after building the walls.
What happens when letters come from an alphabet that does not use English letters at all?
Writing the Japanese Sound "I"
In Japan, children write the sound "ee" with a character called γ (pronounced like see without the s).
This character takes just two smooth strokes that look like two raindrops curving toward each other.