Handwriting lines for Reception child

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DS1 has just turned 5 and is in Reception.

One of his 'Next Steps in Learning' is to make sure the tall letters are tall and the small letters are small in his writing.

I have had a quick look online for those books with the ruled pages - with a kind of dotted in-between line to help show where the small letters need to stop - but am not having much luck (mainly because I am not sure what they are called or how to describe them properly!)

The ones I have managed to find look ok, but the line spacing seems fairly narrow - maybe suitable for a slighter older child?

Anyway - please could someone point me in the right direction??

Thank you!

I bought these last year for DS.
www.amazon.co.uk/Hamelin-Paperbrands-Handwriting-school-exercise/dp/B003I5SNGC/ref=pd_cp_office_0

If you want to purchase a book, this looks like it might be good:
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0042FB4XG/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1426450598&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SY200_QL40&keywords=handwriting+practice+paper#

Otherwise, plenty online that you can print off if you google 'handwriting practice paper'.

Hope that helps.

There are a ton of free printables on the internet. The first one on this page has especially wide lines.

When his writing gets a bit smaller, I just use a highlighter pen and draw a line using the thick edge. Then the bottom of that is the writing line, top of the colour is the small letter height, and next line up is for tall letters.

Does that make any sense at all? X

We printed some sky, grass, dirt from the web.

here you do need to sign up but the resources are free.

Ahhh I never thought to just print something!

In very similar situation recently, we got these

www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B003I5SNGC?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s01

However, apart from daily reading, I feel DS is MUCH too young for 'homework' on top of full time school, so we only really use the books when DS is keen to write something e.g. a wish list or such. We just have them around ready for if he wants to write something.

When I was a primary TA, trying to instil similar skills to Year 2 children, they enjoyed learning the correct terminology:

so, small letters "a o e s m n" are said to be 'x hight';

'sticks' that go UP on " d h l k " are 'ascenders';

'sticks' that go DOWN on " g p q y" are 'descenders'.

In the early stages, it probably won't hurt to exaggerate the 'ascenders' and 'descenders'.

Loads of good suggestions here, another one to add to the list is one I use with slightly older children but no reason why you shouldn't do it with little ones - we draw a highlighter line on the line of the page and just above it - so the lace where you're expected to write vowels and all the other letters which sit on the line. Into the space below the line go descenders (ks2 find calling them danglies absolutely hilarious and definitely remember that one ) whilst poking above the highlight colour are ascenders. This may be progress on from the sky/grass/mud or whatever version of that idea you've got. Whatever you do, have fun!

Loads of great suggestions! Thanks all.