The Oxford Let's Practise Handwriting series proudly introduces learners to our fun print and cursive monsters. These friendly monsters will support children every step of the way as they start their handwriting journey. Every handwriting stroke is represented by a different monster to provide clear instruction in the correct formation of every letter of the alphabet. This will assist parents and teachers with teaching handwriting while also keeping children interested. This exciting new series is CAPS-aligned. It provides an excellent opportunity for children to build a strong foundation in developing directionality, drawing, tracing, pattern creation, spacing familiarity and letter formation while also introducing them to cursive writing. The engaging activities provide plenty of practice in order to develop and strengthen fine and gross motor skills as well as hand-eye coordination. Our brand new handwriting font has been researched and developed by a team of local teacher s and education experts. The unique font aims to facilitate the process of teaching handwriting more easily. It is easy to use and will form the foundation for future writing activities.

Just Imagine is an exciting, unique and versatile resource that provides teachers with practical and stimulating creative writing activities for fiction, non-fiction and poetry. Taking three different, but interconnected media by which to generate and explore creative writing Text and Themes, Images and Music the book/CD offers inspiration for a wide range of creative writing workshops.

The books is organised into three sections:

• Texts and themes: 8 theme-based sections that use a variety of texts, interview clips and discussion points to explore such topics as memories, dreams, school life, friendships, outsiders, journeys, time and the wild;
• Images: a gallery of photographs and illustrations in a range of styles and forms, encompassing a range of themes including characters, landscapes, events and objects;
• Music: a CD which features instrumental tracks and soundscapes of different styles, moods and tempos.

This second edition includes three brand new tracks on the CD as well as many new images, texts and also interview clips with high profile children s authors. Sets of activities and teachers notes accompany each of the selected pieces and stimuli throughout, all of which can be easily adapted according to the needs of individual classes.

Just Imagine offers a wealth of material to help children develop confidence with their writing, deepen their understanding of the creative process and, above all, enjoy their creativity. It will appeal to Primary and Secondary English Teachers, as well as students studying on undergraduate and postgraduate initial teacher education courses in primary English/Literacy, PGCE Secondary English and Undergraduate courses in Creative Writing.

This write-in activity book is for children progressing from Handwritng Practice 1. It includes pre-writing activities, letter formation practice and combining letters to form whole words and sentences. This book also introduces the first stages of how to join up letters in pre-cursive letter writing practice. Suitable for ages 4+.

Pen Control Level: EYFS Subject: English Help young children develop and practise the correct pencil grip and learn to confidently use a pen with the friendly students of Ladybird Class! Join Zara Penguin, Tao Meerkat, Ali Lion, Olivia Crocodile, Noah Panda and Nia Hedgehog as they have fun learning to follow different lines and shapes with a pen. Included in this book: * Fun, motivating activities aligned with key pre-school learning and Early Years Foundation Stage, perfect for supporting your child's home learning in preparation for starting school. * Colourful pages and reassuring hints and tips make this a perfect first writing book to support and encourage children to use a pen and pencil more precisely. Practice again and again with the wipe-clean pages and included eraser. * All the key skills children need to learn how to use a pen and pencil: from drawing over the pre-writing patterns and shapes to always remembering to go from left-to-right or top-to-bottom. Practising circles, zigzags, wavy lines, straight lines and more are the starting points for learning to form letter shapes, such as o, i, z and m, and refines the key fine-motor skills that will get children writing-ready in no time. * Helpful parent notes to support your child's learning. It is the perfect preparation for writing the letters of the alphabet as introduced in Learn with Ladybird: Wipe-Clean Letters.

Eight workbooks accompanying the Stage Five Animal World stories in the Storyworlds series. They provide a record of a child's development, and offer activities to practise reading and writing skills, such as the consolidation of word recognition, sight vocabulary and phonological awareness.

Eight workbooks accompanying the Stage Two Our World stories in the Storyworlds series. They provide a record of a child's development, and offer activities to practise reading and writing skills, such as the consolidation of word recognition, sight vocabulary and phonological awareness.

Nelson Handwriting is the definitive handwriting programme for the whole school. This completely updated new edition provides all the tools and resources you need to ensure a consistent whole-school approach to handwriting. This Pupil Book 1B provides further practice for the four joins, with a focus on consistency. Links are made to the alternative graphemes of Letters and Sounds Phase 5. This Pupil Book is suitable to use both at home and in the classroom.

Nelson Handwriting is the definitive handwriting programme for the whole school. This completely updated new edition provides all the tools and resources you need to ensure a consistent whole-school approach to handwriting. This Pupil Book 4 provides practice in the trickier joins, with a focus on consistency of size, height and spacing. Attention is given to writing for different purposes such as printing and speedwriting. Links are made to the National Curriculum for Spelling and Grammar. This Pupil Book is suitable to use both at home and in the classroom.

Nelson Handwriting is the definitive handwriting programme for the whole school. This completely updated new edition provides all the tools and resources you need to ensure a consistent whole-school approach to handwriting. This Workbook 2B provides practice of the four joins and consolidation of the trickier letter formations and joins. Links are made to the National Curriculum for Spelling.

Treasure House Handwriting is a whole-school programme designed to support children in developing a clear and fluent style of writing. Using precursive and cursive handwriting styles, the programme progresses from introducing the movements and patterns needed to form letters, through to the development of a personal style. The worksheets in this resource pack: * allow children to examine different handwriting purposes and styles * include settings in which print letters may be appropriate both in upper case and lower case forms * link with common spelling rules and patterns, and common high and medium-frequency vocabulary are continued * introduce practice in writing at speed. Useful teacher notes accompany the 47 worksheets for children.

Sixteen copies of each of the four Stage Two workbooks in the Storyworlds series. They provide a record of a child's development, and offer activities to practise reading and writing skills, such as the consolidation of word recognition, sight vocabulary and phonological awareness.

Treasure House Handwriting is a whole-school programme designed to support children in developing a clear and fluent style of writing. Using precursive and cursive handwriting styles, the programme progresses from introducing the movements and patterns needed to form letters, through to the development of a personal style. The worksheets in this resource pack introduce children to the fine motor movements and pencil control that will be necessary for the formation of letters and patterns. It provides practice in moving from left to right, keeping within 'tramlines' and making the up-and-down and curved movements necessary for letter formation. Practice is also provided in each of the movements for upper case letters. Useful teacher notes accompany the 96 worksheets for children.

Treasure House Handwriting is a whole-school programme designed to support children in developing a clear and fluent style of writing. Using precursive and cursive handwriting styles, the programme progresses from introducing the movements and patterns needed to form letters, through to the development of a personal style. Linked closely to the National Curriculum, this resource pack provides more intense teaching strategies and practice for the first term of formal tuition. Each individual letter shape and movement is taught with a lead-in and a lead-out stroke beginning from the writing line. To provide extra practice in the transition from precursive to cursive letters, an extra section has been included to link the development of a cursive hand to the introduction of spelling patterns. Useful teacher notes accompany 94 worksheets for children.

Treasure House Handwriting is a whole-school programme designed to support children in developing a clear and fluent style of writing. Using precursive and cursive handwriting styles, the programme progresses from introducing the movements and patterns needed to form letters, through to the development of a personal style. This workbook reinforces the handwriting style already learned, through sentences, spelling patterns and simple tongue-twisters and rhymes. During this book, children are encouraged to attempt writing with their eyes closed to help fix the pattern of movements in the mind. Throughout this workbook, children are introduced to the idea of collating a handwriting folder, and also contains exemplar material to be retained by children in their handwriting folder.

Eight workbooks accompanying the Stage Three Fantasy World stories in the Storyworlds series. They provide a record of a child's development, and offer activities to practise reading and writing skills, such as the consolidation of word recognition, sight vocabulary and phonological awareness.

Eight workbooks accompanying the Stage One Animal World stories in the Storyworlds series. They provide a record of a child's development, and offer activities to practise reading and writing skills, such as the consolidation of word recognition, sight vocabulary and phonological awareness.

Nelson Handwriting is the definitive handwriting programme for the whole school. This completely updated new edition provides all the tools and resources you need to ensure a consistent whole-school approach to handwriting. This pakc provides 15 copies of Pupil Book 1A and 15 copies of Pupil Book 1B. Pupil Book 1A revises the four letter families before introducing the four joins. It also provides practice for forming capital letters and numbers. Pupil Book 1B provides further practice for the four joins, with a focus on consistency. Links are made to Letters and Sounds Phases 4 and 5.