Page 82 - EY Teacher's Handbook 2024-2025

Lower case (FS1-FS2)
pull back, around, up, and down
pull down, up, around

pull back and around
pull back, around, up, and down
pull ac
pull across, back and around
pull back, down, and cross
pull back, around, up, down and under

pull down, up, over, and down
pull dwn, dot
pull do
pull down, curve around, dot
pull down, pull in, pull out
pull down
pull do
pull dwn, up, over, down and up, over and down
pull down, up, over and down
pull back and around
pull down, up, and around
pull back, around, up, down and up

pull dwn, up, and over
pull do
pull back, in, around, and back
pull down and cross
pull down, around, up, and down
slant dwn, up
slant do
slant down, up, down, up

slant down, slant down
slant in, slant and down
across, slant down, and cross

Teach letter formation by referring to the four letter movement groups. These can be called the ‘down
letters’, the ‘down-ups’, the ‘roundies’ and the ‘zig-zags (slants)’. This will help particularly with children’s
confusion between ‘b’ and ‘d’. Teach children that ‘b’ is a ‘down up’ letter, and ‘d’ is a ‘roundy’ letter.

To teach ‘b’ as a ‘downup’ letter, let children say ‘happy birthday’ several times and write the pair of

letters ‘h’ and ‘b’ over and over.

To teach ‘d’ as a ‘roundy’ letter, let children practise writing ‘good dog’ on a card circle. Another
example is to hold closed hands up with thumbs up to show left hand is “d” and right hand is “b”.