AIBU to get irritated with Get Squiggling Letters

[CockyFox]

For two reasons

1. The school my DCs attend (and will attend in case of DD) teach cursive writing from the start so I am constantly saying Squiglet does it a bit different to how you should do it.
2. Squiglet uses letter names when at school they will be taught sounds first.

So AIBU to be irritated to the point of wanting to email the BBC to have a moan? DH thinks it is just the infant school DCs attend and that most schools print first so I would look a bit odd complaining.

No ours do cursive writing from reception to. Although they do show children the letters in all forms as obviously most printed words aren't cursive.

I don't think it matters too much. Ultimately, they will have to learn the name and the phonic, and even if they write cursive they will read printed letters. Being exposed to both early on can't be a bad thing.
My daughter was taught letter names and printed letters at nursery and by me, and then at school phonics and cursive from the start. She was frustrated with the writing for about 3 weeks, because she had started to write words and doing cursive was a backwards step, but it didn't last long and now after 1.5terms her writing is amazing.
With my 2yo I am more consciously teaching him phonics, as he's hearing me use those with my daughter, but nursery are still doing letter names. I think maybe it might almost be too confusing to ignore letter names completely. I tend to do "this letter is called X and it makes the sound ecks" and that way they get both.

Yes, I know they read printed at ours too but it really bugs me they watch a program about writing want to show off what they have learned and then I have to say - "good work but..."

YANBU, DS started reception in September and has been learning phonics, which DD (3) has picked up. She loves watching 'new squiglet' but is constantly correcting squigglet ie 'that's not Pee, it's p (?)'.

Alphablocks is so successful I wonder why they needed another 'letter' based programme.

The fact that Alphablocks is on shortly afterwards confuses them too, IMHO

I really like this new squiglet, my 2yrs old loves it and now writing some letters.
I can't wait for it to come out on DVD, in fact I have recorded all the episodes so far on my computer.
I also like the alphablocks, which is now out on DVD for £7.

I teach Reception and have a 7yr old and 4yr old. The school my kids go to teach cursive, the school I teach at doesn't. Personally I don't like cursive early on but my two are coping fine.
On the phonic/letter name topic, the kids should be taught both, at the same time, so that the confusion doesn't occur later. But this should be with a slightly bigger emphasis on the phonic sound.
I can completely understand the point of having both Squiglet and Alphablocks as they are teaching totally different skills. Alphablocks focuses on reading skills and Squiglet on letter formation. It's great they are on together.
The trouble with teaching cursive is that there are many different forms of it and they change from school to school so trying to do a programme that covered that would be impossible!
The more children are exposed to different forms of letters and sounds the better!