Writing Time

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.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Of course, this is a picture of an L. Watch as it disappears. Look at the eyes. This will give you a clue. And of course, this is the letter O. See if you can find in the next picture another one of these letters. This one may be a little bit more difficult, so look very carefully as the picture of this one will be appearing. Look at the body of this one. This will be your clue. And of course, this is the letter C. To begin our practice of these letters, we're going to start with the oval that starts

at the top line, comes around to the left, touches the baseline and closes. It continues around, retracing to the count of 8, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. Remember that this oval starts at the top line and comes down toward the baseline to the left. Take your writing position, make sure your feet are flat on the floor, that you're sitting tall and that you're facing your desks squarely. Pick up your pencil, make sure you're holding it about an inch from the point, and make sure your paper is in the correct position, and hold the top of it with your other hand. Alright?

Now let's try writing this oval on your paper, ready, right, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. Since these letters are not a full space tall, we need to practice this oval again starting at the guideline, going to the left, touching the baseline, closing and retracing to the count of 8, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. Now try that oval on your paper, and remember to start at the guideline, ready, right, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. In the last lesson, we practiced the double curve, they connected some of the letters in

this group like the letter A and the letter O. See if you can find these double curves in the picture of the fish. Remember that you're looking for the double curve that begins with the under curve and then ends with the over curve. And of course it was the top of the bodies of the fish. In the last lesson, we practiced this double curve starting at the baseline with the under curve and coming around with the over curve, coming up to touch the guideline. In today's lesson, we're going to do it just a little bit differently. We're going to start at the guideline with the under curve, come down slightly, then come right back up to the guideline for the over curve.

Watch this again, under, over. Remember I'm doing these in the left hand position, under, over, and once more, under, over. Now, I would like for you to try this on your paper and remember to lift your pencil after each one, ready, under, over, lift your pencil, under, over, lift your pencil, press for the third one, under, over, and for the last one, under, over. Now, watch as this double curve is used to connect the letters O and A. A round, close, under, over, around, close, slant, and finish. Now try that letter combination on your paper, ready for the letter O, right, a round,

close, under, over, now the letter A, a round, close, slant, and finish. This time, watch as the letter combination O, C appears in the magic window, and again, pay special attention to the double curve that connects these two letters, a round, close, under, over, around, and finish. Now, to try this letter combination on your paper, you can make the little slant for the letter C, right after you make the double curve, and then go on and finish it. All right, ready, right, a round, close, under, over, now the letter C, slant, a round, and finish.

Now, watch as the word cat appears using the double curve, but this time, it's going to begin at the baseline and curve to the guideline as we learned in the last lesson. First, the letter C, then the A, and then the letter T, remember that we crossed the T. Hold your pencil in the air, and write the word cat as it appears again. Again, in the magic window, slant around, under, over, a round, close, slant, under, curve, slant, finish, and cross the T. Now, check your writing position, check your paper, and make sure that you're holding it correctly on your desk. Now, let's write the word cat. Ready? First, the letter C, right, slant, a round, under, over, now the A, a round, close, slant, now the T, under, curve, slant, finish, and cross the T. This time, the word hours is going

to appear, and I want you to notice the connecting stroke between the O and the U. Since the O ends with an under curve, and the U begins with an under curve, that will be the connecting stroke, but notice where it is on the paper. First, the letter O, then the U, then the R, and then the letter S. Hold your pencil in the air, and write the word hours as it appears again in the magic window. A round, close, under, curve, slant, under, curve, slant, under, curve, check, slant, under, curve, handle, and finish. Now, try the word hours on your paper. Ready?

First, the letter O, right, a round, close, under, curve, now the U, slant, under, curve, now the R, under, curve, check, slant, now the S, under, curve, handle, and finish. This time, the letter G is going to appear in the word, and to connect the G with the O making the word go, we're going to have this over curve. As you remember, the letter G and the letter J both end with this stroke. Now watch as the word go appears, using the over curve to connect the letter G and the over curve connecting it to the letter O. Hold your pencil in the air, and be ready to write the word go as it appears again.

A round, close, slant, over curve, a round, close, and finish. Remember that the letter G is coming up from the guideline, from the baseline, crossing over the slant, coming up to the guideline, then the O curves around, touching the baseline, and then back up to the guideline for the finish stroke. Now try the word go on your paper, ready, first the letter G, right, a round, close, slant, over curve, now the O, a round, close, and under curve. This time we're going to use the letter D in place of the G making the word do. The connecting stroke between the D and the O will be under over, and remember this

time is going to start at the baseline, and then over at the guideline. Watch as the word do appears in the magic window, first the letter D and the letter O. Hold your pencil in the air, and write the word do as it appears again. A round, close, continue up, slant, under over, a round, close, and finish. Remember that the letter D comes back down to the baseline with the slant, so this makes this necessary for us to use this under over curve, coming up to the guideline, then back down to the baseline, circling around, and then finishing the letter O. Now try that on your paper, ready, first the letter D, right, a round, close, continue

up, slant, under over, now the letter O, a round, close, and finish. Let's take one more look at the letter D and G. Remember that the letter G comes below the baseline, and curves around to the left with this over curve before it continues to cross the slant line at the baseline and up for the ending stroke. The letter D, the top of it, comes halfway between the guideline and the top line, and then the letter slants back down to the baseline and up for the finish. This is the last lesson in which we'll be working with this series of letters, and remember we started with the letter A. Remember it came up to the baseline for the finish. Then we learned the letter D, which was almost like the A, only we continued up halfway

between the guideline and the slant line before we came back for the finish. Then we continued making the letter Q, which we did not mention today, but which is one of these letters, then the letter G, which came around to the left instead of to the right is the letter Q, then we had the letter O, and the letter C. Practice these letters and the connecting strokes that we have learned for the next lesson. I hope that after the television lesson you will find a time during the day to practice what we have done, and also practice every day when we don't have the television lesson all of the things that we have done.

Goodbye.