Handwriting Made Easy: Advanced Writing, Ages 7-11 (key Stage 2) (supports The National Curriculum, Handwriting Practice Book)

By (author) Vorderman Carol
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Suitable for confident writers, this book includes a recap of lower and upper-case letters and how letters join, and plenty of creative-writing and copying exercises, that will boost penmanship skills. It is packed with exercises and activities to strengthen your child''s learning in school.
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Help your child be the top of the class with the best-selling home-study series from Carol Vorderman.

Carol Vorderman can help your child learn good handwriting skills with this homeschool learning resource for 7-11 year olds. Handwriting Made Easy - Advanced Writing is one of Carol Vorderman''s series of DK workbooks packed with notes, tips, and fact-boxes to make home learning handwriting skills easy and fun! Follow the exercises and activities with your child at home to strengthen their learning in school. Your child can keep track of all the exercises they have completed using the progress chart and colour in the topic stars as they go. Helpful parents'' notes explains what your child needs to know at each stage and what''s being covered in the national curriculum so you can support and homeschool your child with confidence.

This book will help your child develop a neat, consistent, and fluid style of handwriting by practicising different handwriting joins. Further handwriting practice includes proof-reading, story planning, and writing letters. Developed in consultation with leading educational experts to support the new national curriculum learning, Handwriting Made Easy is a great way to improve your child''s handwriting skills - "the more you practise, the better you''ll be!" (Carol Vorderman)

Table of contents

• 1: Lower-case letters
• 2: Lower-case handwriting
• 3: The first handwriting join
• 4: Handwriting practice
• 5: The second handwriting join
• 6: The third handwriting join
• 7: The fourth handwriting join
• 8: Handwriting styles
• 9: Capital letters
• 10: Favourite things
• 11: Proofreading
• 12: A poem
• 13: Speech
• 14: Story planning
• 15: Story writing
• 16: Planning a wall chart
• 17: Creating a wall chart
• 18: Planning a letter
• 19: Writing a letter
• 20: Planning a newspaper report
• 21: Writing a newspaper report
• 22: Personal profile
• 23: Answer section with parents'' notes and glossary