Morrells Letter Formation 1

Morrells Letter Formation 1 is the first workbook in this new series of three workbooks to help master letter formation skills, pencil control and hand-eye coordination. Each workbook is packed with essential letter formation practice and concentrates on forming upper and lower case letters correctly in their letter families. This series of Morrells workbooks use a specially designed and innovative bounce symbol to help the writer follow the correct letter direction. Simply follow the arrows and bounce back up or down the letter when required.Each workbook offers invaluable handwriting practice using a simple format to develop clear and legible handwriting and are based on ability rather than age, so can be used by primary school children, teenagers and adults. The structured exercises make these workbooks ideal for use in the home or in the classroom and are all dyspraxia and dyslexia friendly. The full series of Morrells workbooks follow the current National Curriculum for handwriting and are perfect for use as a standalone resource or as part of a whole school handwriting policy.
They have been developed to create life-long fluent and legible writers using a no-nonsense back-to-basics approach. Each workbook contains guidance on the correct sitting position, pencil grip and letter direction and provide plenty of spaces to practise handwriting.

Author Biography

We are handwriting specialists with 15 years of experience working with EYFS to adults and teaching handwriting to over 1000 primary and secondary school children each week. We also offer training and workshops to trainee teachers and teaching staff in universities, primary and secondary schools.

We are passionate about the correct way to teach handwriting in line with the National Curriculum and we want to ensure that all children are taught the correct starting position and direction of each letter in the alphabet before learning to join-up their writing using cursive handwriting.