Last week I went to dd's parents' evening and the teacher (Y1) explained to us about how the children are learning about a new way of forming their letters. Apparently you have a 'flick' at the start of some letters and it is supposed to help them with joined up writing. Teacher rolled eyes as she explained it and said she was having to relearn to write along with the children. I'm baffled by it frankly because in reception the children learnt that most letters start at the top (now they mostly appear to start at the bottom) and I thought that with joined up writing you tended to start the new letter according to where the one before finished (IYSWIM)!
Mrz, anyone, please help, am I being really stupid here?
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New way of forming letters - Is it a pile of cr*p or am I missing something?
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Manictigger · 25/10/2012 12:22
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