Hello everyone.

This is Miss Afzal here again to share some more handwriting with you.

I'm so excited to be here.

I hope you're feeling excited too.

We're going to, as always, do our best.

We are, as always, going to have lots of fun.

Are you ready to begin? Let's get started.

The outcome for today's lesson is I can from the capital letters A, H, K, and T.

Let's begin.

There are a number of keywords that I would like you to look out for into today's lesson.

Let's do my turn, your turn.

Vertical line.

Horizontal line.

Diagonal line.

So these are our key words.

They're all different kinds of lines, and we're gonna find out more about these lines in our lesson today.

So, look out for these words.

Listen out for these words.

Think about these words.

Let's get going.

Today's lesson has four parts to it.

Formation of A, H, K, and T.

Guess what they are? The first part is forming the capital letter A.

Next, forming the capital letter H.

Then we'll be forming the capital letter K.

And finally forming the capital letter T.

Let's get started with forming capital letter A and some warmups.

Let's have a go at the finger pull warmup, first of all.

I'll have a go and then it will be your turn.

So I'm going to take my hand with my other hand I'm going to pull, first of all, my thumb.

Then I'm going to pull each of my fingers.

And I'm gonna pull and I'm gonna squeeze at the same time.

It feels really good.

It feels like a lovely, nice kind of hand massage, really.

So I'm gonna do the other hand, pulling each of my fingers and squeezing as well.

It's your turn.

Are you ready? Take whichever hand you want to begin with.

I'm gonna start here, actually.

And you can start with your thumb and you're just gonna pull and squeeze.

And then the next one, you're gonna do the same thing for each of your fingers.

It feels really great.

Let's have a go on the other hand and we're just going to squeeze and we're gonna pull each of our fingers.

We are getting our hands and our fingers ready and strong for handwriting.

Yes.

It feels great.

Next we're going to have a go at the rolling wrists warmup.

For this, I'm gonna take my hand, actually put it in the same position as I started the last one.

And I'm going to imagine that my hand is going to be mixing something really, really delicious to eat.

So maybe you like yummy cakes, you could be mixing some delicious cake mixture.

I really like soups.

I'm gonna be pretend I'm mixing my soup in the pan.

So, just doing this movement here.

And what we're doing is we're rolling our wrist.

So we're gonna go one direction and then back in the other direction.

I'm going to do that with this hand now as well.

I am stirring my delicious soup.

What's in the soup? Mm, carrots.

Yummy.

What else is in there? Maybe some potato.

This tastes good.

And I'm going to roll in the other direction.

Okay, now it's your turn.

Choose which hand are you gonna begin with.

Choose, most important decision, what are you going to be mixing? Is it some yummy cookie mixture? Is it a delicious soup? What are you stirring? Just imagine it and rolling your wrist around like this.

Now let's go in the other direction.

Keep stirring.

Mm, keep smelling that delicious food that you're mixing and stirring.

And let's have a go with the other hand.

One direction, stirring, mixing, smelling the delicious food.

And going around the other way.

We are making our wrist so strong for handwriting.

This is going to really, really help us.

Plus we get to imagine that lovely food.

Well done everybody.

You've done a wonderful, wonderful job.

So here are the A's.

We have got two A's on our screen.

Let's look closely at them.

What do you see? What do you notice about the capital letter A and the lowercase letter A.

See if you can notice any similarities or differences.

Tell the person next to you, what can you see? Pause the video here.

Did you notice that the capital letter A goes all the way up to the ascender line, whereas the lowercase letter A only goes as high as the X-height line.

It's an X-height letter.

Both of these letters, both the A's, are sitting comfortably on the baseline, but they have quite different formation.

So the capital letter A has got some straight lines in it and the lowercase letter A also has some curved lines in it.

Let's find out more.

So the capital letter A and lowercase letter A are formed in different ways.

The capital letter A starts on the baseline and it sits on the baseline.

It's formed by making a diagonal line.

So diagonal is kind of going up at a slant, sort of leaning in one direction or another.

So it's formed by making a diagonal line up to the as ascender line, and then another diagonal line down to the baseline.

Then we need to lift the pencil and make a horizontal line across the X-height line.

I'm going to have a go at forming a capital letter A in the air using my finger, and then it'll be your turn.

And then I'm gonna have a go using my fist and then it'll be your turn.

So let's get ready.

Ready to watch, first of all.

So I'm gonna start here down on the baseline for this capital letter.

And I am making a diagonal.

Yeah, so diagonal is going, so it gets slanting, it's leaning.

So I'm gonna go from the baseline, diagonal line up to the ascender line.

And then another diagonal line down to the base line.

I'm going to lift my pencil off the page.

And then at the X-height line, I'm going to draw a horizontal line across.

So I'm joining up those two.

It actually makes this shape, doesn't it? So I'm joining up those two diagonal lines with a horizontal line across the middle.

Let's try that again.

So from the baseline, diagonal up, diagonal down, lift the pencil, and a horizontal line across the baseline.

Sorry, across the X-height line.

It's your turn.

Are you ready? Start down at the baseline, diagonal up to the ascender line, diagonal down to the baseline.

Lift your pencil and make a horizontal line at the X-height line joining those two diagonal lines together.

Lovely, these A's look great.

Should we try one more, 'cause it's fun.

Let's go.

From baseline, diagonal up to the ascender line.

Diagonal down to the baseline.

Lift up your pencil, and a lovely horizontal line across.

Hmm, they feel great making those letter A's.

Let's try with our fist now.

Let me go first.

I'm gonna start down here.

Baseline diagonal up to the ascender.

Diagonal down to the baseline.

Lifting up my pencil and horizontal line joining those two diagonals.

Your turn.

Start down here at the bottom, let's go diagonal up to the ascender, diagonal down to the baseline.

Lift up your pencil, join those diagonals with the horizontal line.

I know we're having so much fun.

Let's keep going.

Diagonal up, diagonal down, lift your pencil, horizontal line.

Lovely capital A's.

Well done, everybody.

I'm going to demonstrate how to form the capital letter A.

I'm sitting comfortably and I've got my pen in the tripod grip.

I'm going to start the capital letter A on the baseline and I'm going to make a diagonal line all the way up to the ascender line.

And from here I'm going to make another diagonal line down to the baseline.

I'm going to lift my pencil, my pen, off the page and make a horizontal line.

That's the line going across the X-height line.

Let me show you that again.

So I'll start on the baseline, make a diagonal line up to the ascender line, another diagonal line down to the baseline.

Lift up my pen, and I'm going to make a horizontal line across the X-height line.

One more.

From the baseline up, diagonal line to the ascender line, down diagonal line to the baseline.

Lift up my pen and make a horizontal line across the X-height line.

Check for understanding.

Which is the correct formation of the capital letter A.

Take a look at these three A's and choose which is the correct formation.

Pause the video here.

Well done if you chose the A above the A.

That's the correct one.

It is sitting in between the ascender line and the baseline and it has that horizontal line across the X-height line.

For your task, I would like you to practise forming the capital letter A.

First of all, go over the grey examples.

Next, try using the starting dot.

And finally complete two lines of the capital letter A independently on your tramlines.

Have fun, focus, enjoy.

Pause the video here.

So how did you get on with forming the capital letter A? Did you start on the baseline? Did you make a diagonal line up to the ascender line and a diagonal line down to the baseline? Did you lift your pencil to make a horizontal line across the X-height line? Well done if you did all this.

Circle your best letter A and celebrate.

Next it's time for us to begin forming the capital letter H.

And here they are.

Here are all the H's, the capital, the lowercase letter H.

Let's look closely at them.

What do you notice? What's the same? What's different? What can you see? Tell the person next to you.

Pause the video here.

Well, what's interesting is that the capital letter H is going all the way up to the ascender line, and so is the lowercase letter H.

It reaches up that high.

It's one of the tall letters.

Both of these letter H is are sitting on the baseline, but they have got a different formation.

The capital letter H is made up of three straight lines.

And the lowercase letter H has one straight line and one curved line.

Let's find out more.

The capital letter H and the lowercase H are formed in different ways.

The capital letter H starts all the way up on the ascender line and it sits on the baseline.

It's formed by going straight down, then lifting the pencil to make another vertical line, and then lifting the pencil again to make a horizontal line.

So, a vertical line means that it's going straight down.

A vertical line goes either up or down.

And a horizontal line goes across.

So it goes across ways like this.

I'm going to have a go now at forming the capital letter H in the air.

First of all, I'm gonna use my finger, then I'm going to use my nose that is so good at writing.

And you'll have a turn after me.

So first of all, with my finger.

I'm gonna start here at the ascender line and I'm gonna make a vertical line.

So line that goes straight down to the baseline.

I'm gonna lift my pencil.

I'm going to make another vertical line from the ascender line to the baseline.

I'm going to lift my pencil.

And then at the X-height line, I'm gonna join those two verticals with a horizontal line.

Let me show you one more time.

So, starting at the ascender line, straight down to the baseline, lift my pencil, another vertical line from the ascender to the baseline, lift my pencil, and then join those two up at the X-height line with a lovely horizontal.

It's your turn.

Are you ready? Let's go.

From the ascender line, vertical line straight down to the baseline.

Pencil up.

Another vertical line from the ascender to the baseline.

Pencil up.

And then right in the middle at the X-height line, let's join those two together with a lovely horizontal line.

One more time.

Straight down, ascender to baseline.

Again, straight down from ascender to baseline.

And join them with a horizontal.

Mm, wonderful.

I'm going to have a go now with my nose.

My nose is so good at writing.

I'm gonna start here at the ascender line.

I'm gonna go all the way down, pencil up, another ascender line to baseline vertical.

Pencil up.

And then I'm gonna go across the middle and make a lovely horizontal to join those together.

And now it's your turn.

Get that nose ready, ready for writing.

Let's go.

From the ascender down to the baseline.

Pencil up.

Another vertical line from the ascender to the baseline.

Pencil and nose up.

And then let's go across with the lovely horizontal.

Mm.

Look at all those H's.

Really, really fantastic job everybody.

I'm going to show you how to form the capital letter H.

I'm going to make sure I'm sitting comfortably and I have my pen in the tripod grip.

I'm going to start up on the ascender line and make a vertical line, as the line going straight down to the baseline.

I'm going to lift up my pen, go back onto the ascender line, and make another vertical line down to the baseline.

Lift up my pen, and I'm going to join those two lines together with a horizontal line across the X-height line.

Let's try that again.

From the ascender line, vertical line straight down to the baseline.

Lift up my pen, back up to the ascender line, and another vertical line down to the baseline.

And then add the X-height line.

I would draw a horizontal line across.

One more.

Ascender down to baseline, lift my pen.

Ascender down to baseline, lift my pen, and a horizontal line across.

Check for understanding.

Which is the correct formation of the capital letter H.

Take a look at these three and choose which is the correct formation.

Pause the video here.

Well done if you selected the H in the middle, that one is sitting in the correct place in between the sender and the baseline.

And it has that lovely horizontal going across the X-height line.

For your task, I would like you to practise forming the capital letter H.

First of all, go over the grey examples.

Next, try using the starting dot to help you know where to begin.

And finally, complete two lines independently on your tramlines.

Stay focused.

Enjoy these letter H's.

Pause the video here.

So, how did you get on with forming the capital letter H? Did you start on the ascender line? Did you make a vertical line all the way down to the baseline? Did you lift your pencil and make another vertical line all the way down to the baseline? Did you lift your pencil again to make a horizontal line across the X-height line? I hope you did.

I hope you enjoyed them.

Circle your best one and celebrate.

Next we're moving on to forming the capital letter K.

Here they are.

Here are the K's.

The capital letter K, the lower case letter K.

They're both here.

Let's look closely at them.

What do you see? What do you notice? Tell the person next to you anything that's the same or anything that's different.

Pause the video here.

So, did you notice that the capital K goes up all the way as high as the as ascender line? Did you notice that the lowercase letters K also goes all the way up to the ascender line? It's a tall letter.

Did you notice that they're both sitting on the baseline but they actually have a different formation.

The capital letter K is made up of three straight lines, whereas the lowercase letter K has a loop and a curve in it alongside the straight line.

So, as we've seen, the capital letter K and the lowercase K are formed in different ways.

The capital letter K starts on the ascender line and the capital letter K sits on the baseline.

It's formed by going straight down and then lifting the pencil to make two diagonal lines.

So a diagonal line is a line that slants or leans to the side.

I'm going to have a go at forming the capital letter K in the air.

First I'm gonna use my finger, then I'm going to use my elbow, and you'll have a go after me.

Are you ready to watch? I'm going to start my capital letter K up here at the ascender line, and I'm going to make a vertical line.

That means a line that goes straight down to the baseline.

I'm going to lift up my pencil.

I'm going back up to the ascender line.

And now I'm going to make a diagonal line into the X-height line.

Remember, a diagonal doesn't go straight up or down, but it leans or slants to the side.

And now from this point I'm going to make another diagonal down to the baseline.

Let me show you that one more time.

So I'll start at the ascender line, make a vertical line all the way down to the baseline, lift up my pencil, and then at the ascender line I'm going to make a diagonal line into the X-height line and then another diagonal line down to the baseline.

Are you ready for your turn? Let's go.

Start at the ascender line, all the way down to the baseline.

Lift up your pencil, back up to the ascender line, in to the X-height line with the diagonal, and then down to the baseline with another diagonal.

Wonderful.

Let's do one more.

Ready? From the ascender down to the baseline.

Lift your pencil.

From the ascender diagonal to the X-height line.

And diagonal to the baseline.

Really good looking K's there.

Wonderful job, everyone.

Are you ready to try now? Well to watch, first of all, as I do this with my elbow.

Oh my goodness, this is a big stretch.

Let me get my elbow all the way up into the starting position and let me go down to the baseline, lifting up my pen, and from the ascender a diagonal into the X-height line and then a diagonal down to the baseline.

It's your turn.

Get those writing elbows at the ready.

Let's go.

Let's stretch.

Let's feel this one, and let's enjoy this K.

Down from the ascender to the baseline.

Pick up your pencil.

And we're gonna go from the ascender line diagonally in and then diagonally down.

Really lovely K's.

Well done.

I'm going to show you how to form the capital letter K.

I'm sitting comfortably.

My pen is in a tripod grip.

I'm going to start on the ascender line and make a vertical line down to the baseline.

I'll lift up my pen, go back up to the ascender line, and make a diagonal line into the X-height line.

And then another diagonal line down to the baseline.

Let's try that again.

I'll start at the ascender line, vertical line down to the baseline.

Lift up my pen, diagonal line from the ascender to the X-height line, and then another diagonal line down to the baseline.

Let me try one more time.

The ascender line down to baseline.

Lift up my pen, and a diagonal line into the X-height line.

And then a diagonal line down to the baseline.

Check for understanding.

Which is the correct formation of the capital letter K? Choose from these three.

Pause the video here.

Well done if you selected the first K that we can see above the letter A.

That one is in the right position.

It's in between the ascender line and the baseline, and it's sitting comfortably on the baseline, both of its lines reaching down to there.

For your task, I'd like you to practise for me the capital letter K.

First of all, go over the grey examples.

Next, try using the starting dot.

And finally complete two lines independently on your tramlines.

Enjoy these K's.

Pause the video here.

So, how did it go? How did you get on with forming the capital K? Did you start on the ascender line? Did you make a vertical line down to the baseline? Did you lift your pencil and make a diagonal line from the ascender line into the X-height line, and then a diagonal line down to the baseline? Did you enjoy them? Circle your best one and celebrate.

And now we'll be forming a capital letter T.

Go over T's.

The capital T, the lowercase letter T.

Have a look at them.

Look closely.

What do you see? What do you notice? Turn to someone next to you and tell them what can you see.

Pause the video here.

Did you notice that a capital letter T reaches all the way up to the ascender line? Did you notice that the low case letter T is a small letter? It doesn't reach up that high.

They are both sitting on the baseline.

Did you spot that? Did you notice they have a different formation? The capital letter T has got two straight lines.

The lowercase letter T has got a curve as well at the bottom.

So the capital letter T and the lowercase T are formed in different ways.

The capital letter T is made of two straight lines.

It's formed by going straight down and then lifting the pencil and making a horizontal line.

I'm going to have a go at forming the capital letter T in the air using my finger, and then using my nose.

And you are gonna have a go as well using your finger and your nose.

So first of all, I'm starting up here at the ascender line and I'm making a vertical line straight down to the baseline.

I'm lifting up my pencil, I'm going back to the ascender line, and I'm making a horizontal line across.

So it's just two straight lines in this letter T, capital T.

Let me show you again.

From the ascender line straight down to the baseline.

Lift up my pencil, back to the ascender line, horizontal across.

It's your turn.

Are you ready? So nice and simple and easy, this one.

Let's go.

Two lines.

Straight down.

Lift up your pencil back to the ascender line, and across.

One more from the ascender straight down to the baseline.

Lift your pencil, back to the ascender line, and across.

Great job everyone.

Let's use our noses.

Our noses are so good at writing letters, especially the capital letter T.

So I'm gonna go, first of all.

I'm starting up here at the ascender line.

I'm going down to the baseline, lifting up my pen and across the ascender line.

It's your turn.

Are you ready? Get your nose in position at the ascender line.

Let's go down to the baseline.

Lift up your nose and your pen and your pencil, and then at the ascender line, we're gonna go across.

Let's try one more time.

From the ascender line straight down, lift your pencil and across.

Wonderful.

Well done everyone.

I'm going to show you how to form the capital letter T.

I'm sitting comfortably and my pen is in the tripod grip.

I'm going to start up at the ascender line.

I'm going to make a vertical line down to the baseline.

I'll lift up my pen, and then at the ascender line, I'm going to draw a horizontal line across the top of the T.

Let's try that again.

From the ascender line, I'll go straight down to the baseline.

Lift up my pen, and I'll draw a horizontal line across at the ascender line.

One more.

Vertical line down, pen up, horizontal line across.

Check for understanding.

Which is the correct formation of the capital letter T? Have a look at these three T's that have gathered.

Which one is the correct formation? Pause the video here.

Well done if you chose the T above the letter C.

That one is sitting in the correct position on the baseline.

And then it has the horizontal line going all the way across at the top.

For your task I'd let you to practise forming the capital letter T.

First of all, go over the grey examples.

Next, try using the starting dots.

And finally, complete two lines independently on your tramlines.

Enjoy every one of these letter Ts.

Stay focused.

Pause the video here.

How did you get on with forming the capital letter T? Did you start on the ascender line? Did you make a vertical line down to the baseline? Did you lift up your pencil and make a horizontal line across the ascender line? Did you enjoy every single one of these capital letter T's? Circle your best one.

Maybe it's gonna be hard to choose.

Maybe they're all so fantastic, but choose one.

Circle your best and celebrate.

In this lesson, Formation of Capital A, H, K, and T, we have covered the following.

The letters A, H, K, and T all start on the ascender line.

The capital letters H, K, and T all have either one or two vertical lines going down to the baseline and letter A has two diagonal lines going down to the baseline.

The letters A, H, K, and T all need the pencil to be lifted to form the horizontal or diagonal lines.

Well done for joining in with this lesson.

You have done a great job today at practising these capital letters.

See you at the next lesson.