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Verbal Pathways

 

Sometimes it helps children to say aloud the directions for "making" a letter.  This "verbal path" helps them to understand the directional movement that is essential. In addition, it gives the teacher and child a language to talk through the letter and its features.  Here, we suggest language for creating a verbal path to the distinctive features of letters.

 

Uppercase and Lowercase Letter Formation

 

A - pull down,pull down,across        a - pull back,around,up, and down

 

B - pull down,up,around and in,back and around     b - pull down,up,around

 

C - pull back and around     c - pull back and around

 

D - pull down,up,around     d - pull back,around,up high, and down

 

E - pull back,down,across,and across     e - pull across,back and around

 

F - pull down,across,across     f - pull back,down, and cross

 

G - pull back,around,across     g - pull back,around,up,down, and curve back

 

H - pull down,pull down,across     h - pull down long,up,over,and down

 

I - pull down,across,across     i -  pull down,dot

 

J - pull down,cruve back,across     j - pull down,curve back, dot

 

K - pull down,pull in,pull out     k - pull down,pull in, pull out

 

L - pull down,across     l - pull down

 

M - pull down,up,in,up and down     m - pull down,up,over,down,up,over and down

 

N - pull down,up,in and up     n - pull down,up,over and down

 

O - pull back and around     o - pull back and around

 

P - pull down,up and around     p - pull down,up and around

 

Q - pull back and around and cross     q - pull back,around,up and down curve forward

 

R - pull down,up,around,in and down     r - pull down,up and over

 

S - pull back,in,around,down, and back     s - pull back,in,around and back

 

T - pull down,across     t - pull down and cross

 

U - pull down,over,up and down     u - pull down,over,up and down

 

V - down,up     v - down,up

 

W - down,up,down,up     w - down,up,down,up

 

X - down,down     x-  down,down

 

Y - pull in,pull in and down     y - pull in and down

 

Z - across,pull in, across     z - across,in,across