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When you slide down a playground slide, you always start at the top and zoom down to the bottom. Letters love to travel the exact same way!
The Handwriting Lines
Our writing paper has three main guide lines: the top line (the sky), the middle line (the fence), and the bottom line (the grass).
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Lower-case letters are the smaller letters we use for most of our writing. Unjoined letters are written one by one, with clear spaces between them instead of connected loops.
Why do so many letters look neat when we start them at the curve? Let's meet the friendliest letter group!
The Curly Caterpillar Family
The letters c, a, d, g, o, and q belong to the Curly Caterpillar (or Magic C) family. Grouping letters into movement families creates consistent motor planning and prevents formation errors.
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Once you can form a smooth c, you can easily turn it into an a, a tall d, or a digging g!
What happens when letters don't curve first, but drop straight down like raindrops?
The One-Armed Robot Letters
The One-Armed Robot family includes r, n, m, h, b, p, and k. They drop down to the grass line and bounce back up to create arms or rounded tunnels.