For grown-ups

Each letter climbs four steps: trace a wide path, trace the dots, write from a start dot, then write it alone. Choose the handwriting your child's school uses. Italic letters have a gentle forward slant, the way Getty-Dubay italic handwriting teaches them: most are made without lifting, the arches of n, m, h, r, b and p branch out of the stem halfway up, and a, c, d, g, q and o start just under the middle line; its families are l i j k v w x z, n h m r, u y, a d g q, b p, o e s c, f t. Ball-and-stick letters are upright print made of straight lines and circles, the way Zaner-Bloser manuscript teaches them, and the voice uses its words (pull down straight, push up, circle back, circle forward, slant, slide); its families are l i t, o c a d g q e, b p n m h r u, s f j, v w x y k z. Tap the eye to watch a letter being made. Practice the Steps (or tap a letter below the paper) works on one letter: a star for each of the four steps, then one more on its own for the fifth star. Pick a Step to Practice writes one letter five times side by side on a line, all at the same step, so your child can compare their work. A keyboard works too: type a letter to practice it.

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