Hello everyone.

This is Miss in between 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 conform the capital letters A, H, K, T, and S.

We have some keywords in our lesson today.

Let's go through them.

My turn, your turn.

Ascender line, baseline, vertical line, horizontal line, diagonal line.

Great stuff.

I liked hearing those words.

Interesting, all of these words have the word, line, within them, so there's all sorts of different lines that we will be investigating today.

Let's make sure we are on the lookout for these keywords, let's listen out for them.

Let's think carefully about our keywords that are coming up in our lesson today.

Today's lesson is called "Formation of A, H, K, T, and S." It has two parts to it.

First of all, forming the capital letters A and H, and next, forming the capital letters K, T, and S.

Let's begin with forming the capital letters A and H.

Before we start, what are these pictures reminding you to do? Pause the video and tell someone nearby what each of these pictures are reminding you of.

Okay, good to be back with you.

First picture, it's all about posture, how we're sitting.

Sitting on a chair at a table, feet flat on the floor, and back against the chair.

Really important to have a helpful upright posture when we are doing our handwriting.

The next picture in the middle is all about angling your paper correctly, and using your non-writing hand to support you while you're writing, to hold the paper in place so it doesn't slip and slide all around the table.

And the final picture shows how we hold our pencil in the tripod grip.

So remember, we have our tall finger, and our pointing finger on the top, and our thumb goes underneath, and our fingers are slightly bent.

That's the tripod grip, it's a great way to hold your pencil.

Your hands and wrist get stronger when you exercise them.

Warming up your hands before writing will help to improve your handwriting.

You can do exercises to warm up your hands, or practise handwriting patterns.

Let's have a go at some exercises.

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, and 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 are 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 they 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 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 in 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 a soup? 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.

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 wrists 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.

Okay, we're all nicely warmed up, so let's have a think now about the alphabet.

Every letter in the alphabet can be formed in two ways.

There is a capital letter formation, which is bigger, and there's the lower case formation, which is smaller.

A capital letter is the uppercase formation of a letter.

The two formations can look the same or different.

Let's look closely at the letters that we can see on our screen.

We can see the capital A, and the lowercase letter a.

What do you notice? What do you see? Pause the video and tell someone nearby.

Okay, so did you notice that the capital letter A reaches all the way up to the ascender line? Ascender line is one of our keywords, and it's the line that is at the very top of the set of our tramlines.

And most letters with an ascender reach up to the ascender line.

And we can see that the lowercase letter a is an x-height letter, which is up to the x-height line, which is the dotted line.

These two letters have a different formation.

They are not the same.

These a capital letter A, and the lowercase letter a.

And now let's look closely at the Hs that have appeared on our screen.

What do you notice? What do you see? Pause the video and tell someone nearby.

All right, did you notice that the capital letter H reaches the ascender line, and that lowercase letter h also has an ascender, which reaches up to the ascender line.

They have a different formation.

The capital letter H, and the lowercase letter h.

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

The capital letter A starts on the baseline, baseline is another one of our keywords, and the baseline is the line that we can see in green on our screen.

And all of the capital letters sit on the baseline.

The capital letter A sits on the baseline.

It's formed by making a diagonal line up to the ascender line, a diagonal line down to the baseline, and then lifting the pencil to make a horizontal line across the x-height line.

So we've got a few more keywords there.

Let's have a look at these.

So a diagonal line is a line that's slants or leans.

It goes a little bit towards the side, slants or leans.

And we have got another one of our keywords, is a horizontal line.

So a horizontal line is a line that goes straight across either from right to left, or from left to right.

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

The capital letter H starts on the ascender line.

The capital letter H sits on the baseline.

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

So vertical line is another one of our keywords, so a vertical line is a straight line that goes up and down, or down and up.

Either way, that's a vertical line.

Okay, time for us to have some fun, and form some capital letters in the air.

We are gonna form the A in the H.

I'll go first and then it'll be your turn.

So for my capital letter A, I'm gonna start at the baseline, and I'm gonna make a diagonal line up to the ascender line, another diagonal line down to the baseline.

Then I'm gonna lift my pen up, and I'm gonna go to the x-height line, and draw a horizontal line across, joining together those two lines.

Let's try that again, this time with you as well.

Are you ready? Let's begin at the baseline with a diagonal line up to the ascender line, another diagonal line down.

Lift up our pencil, and we'll draw a horizontal line across the x-height line.

Should we try one more? Let's go.

Starting at the baseline, diagonal up, diagonal down.

Lift up your pencil, and a horizontal across the x-height line.

Those capital A is deserve an A+.

And now let's have a go at forming the capital letter H.

I will go first.

I'm gonna start this time up at the ascender line, and I'm gonna make a vertical line down to the baseline lift up my pencil, and I'm gonna go back up to the ascender line, another vertical line down to the baseline.

Lift up my pencil.

I'm gonna go to the x-height line and draw a horizontal line across.

There we go.

It's your turn.

Let's start at the ascender line.

Let's go, vertical line down to the baseline.

Pencil off, another vertical line down to the baseline, pencil off and horizontal line across the x-height line.

Should we try one more? Ready, line, go.

Vertical down, pencil off, another vertical down, pencil off, and a horizontal across.

Look at those Hs.

They're making me very happy.

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 a 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.

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, it's a 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 then I'm going to join those two lines together with a horizon 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 at the x-height line, I'll 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 A.

Take a look at these three As which A is the one for you that has been correctly formed.

Pause the video while you decide.

Well done, if you selected the first A on our screen.

That one is sitting on the baseline, it is going up as high as the ascender line, and it has that lovely horizontal line across at the x-height line.

Take a look at these three Hs, which is the correct formation of the capital letter H.

Pause the video while you decide.

Well done if you selected the capital letter H in the centre of the screen.

This one is sitting on the baseline, goes up as high as the ascender line, and it has a nice horizontal across the x-height line.

Well done if you selected this capital letter H.

And now it's time for your first task.

I'd like you to practise forming the capital letters A and H.

First of all, go over the grey examples.

Next, try using the starting dot, and finally complete two lines independently with focus and flow and enjoyment on your tramlines.

And I'll see you when you're finished.

Pause the video here.

It's good to be back with you.

How do you get on with your practise at forming the capital letters A and H? Did you use the correct starting point each time? Did you make a diagonal line up to the ascender line for the letter A? And did you lift your pencil to make a horizontal line across the x-height line for the letter H? I hope so.

Circle your best and celebrate.

And now it's time for the next part of our lesson, forming the capital letters, K, T, and S.

Here are the Ks.

Take a close look at them.

What do you notice? What do you see? Pause the video and tell someone nearby.

Okay, did you spot the capital letter K reaching up to the ascender line.

What about low case letter k? Did you notice that loop? Oh, love that loop.

They have a different formation.

They are not formed in the same way.

The capital letter K and the lowercase letter k.

Here are the Ts, or Ts the capital T, the lowercase letter t.

What do you see? What do you notice? Pause the video and tell someone nearby.

Did you spot the capital T reaching up to the ascender line.

Did you not spot the cross at the x-height line for the lowercase t.

They have a different formation.

The capital letter T and the lowercase letter t.

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

The capital letter K starts on the ascender line.

The capital letter K sits on the baseline.

It's formed by making a vertical line straight down, and then lifting the pencil to make two diagonal lines.

The capital letter T and a lowercase t are formed in different ways.

The capital letter T starts at the ascender line.

The capital letter T is made of two straight lines.

One line is vertical and one is horizontal.

It's formed by going vertically straight down to the baseline, and then making a horizontal line at the ascender line.

Okay, it's time for us to form these capital letters in the air.

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

I'm gonna start with a K.

I'm starting all the way up at the ascender line, and I'm gonna make a vertical line down to the baseline.

Lift up my pencil, go back up to the ascender line and I'll make a diagonal line into the x-height line, and then a diagonal line down to the baseline.

It's your turn.

Are you ready? Let's go.

Up at the ascender line.

Vertical line down to the baseline.

Lift up your pencil, back up to the ascender line, diagonal into the x-height line, and a diagonal down to the baseline.

Let's try that again.

From the ascender line, vertical line down.

Lift up your pencil, diagonal into the x-height line, and diagonal down to the baseline.

Those Ks are looking terrific.

Well done everyone.

Let's try the capital letter T.

I will go first.

I'm gonna start at the, yep, you gotta start at the ascender line and I'm gonna go down to the, yep, you got it, the baseline.

There we go.

Vertical line down.

Pencil off, and we go back up to the ascender line, and I'm gonna make a horizontal line across.

It's your turn.

Let's go.

Start at the ascender line.

Vertical line down to the baseline, pencil off, back up to the ascender line, and a horizontal across.

Let's try one more.

So nice and simple this one, I love it.

Vertical line down, pencil off, horizontal across.

Those Ts are tip top.

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

I'm sitting comfortably.

My pen is in the tripod grip.

I'm going to start on the ascender line, and make a line, 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.

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.

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 K? Pause the video while you select which of these Ks has been formed correctly.

Well done if you selected the first K we can see on our screen.

This one is in the correct position in between the baseline and the ascender line.

And which of these Ts capital letter Ts has been formed correctly? Pause the video while you decide.

Well done if you selected the capital letter T above the C, this one has the correct formation.

Okay, what's the bit on our screen? I can see some S's.

Do you spot them? Take a good look at them.

What do you notice? What do you see? Pause the video and tell someone nearby.

Well, we can see that the capital letter S is reaching the ascender line, whereas low case letter s goes as high as the x-height line.

They have a similar formation.

They're formed in exactly the same way, just a different size, different height.

So there we have the capital letter S, and the lowercase letter s.

The capital letter S and the lowercase s are formed in similar ways.

The capital letter S starts just below the ascender line, and capital letter S sits on the baseline.

It's formed by curling around two times.

Okay, let's have a go at forming the capital letter S in the air.

I'll go first, and then it's your turn.

I'm gonna begin just below the ascender line, and I'm gonna go up to the ascender line, and I'm gonna curl around, and then anticlockwise direction to the x-height line, and then I'm gonna curl around in a clockwise direction down to the baseline.

So we've got those two curls.

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

Just below the ascender line, we'll curl up to the ascender line, anti-clockwise, round towards the x-height line, and then we'll curl in a clockwise direction back down to the baseline.

Great job everyone.

Let's try one more.

Starting just below the ascender line, curling up, go anti-clockwise to the x-height line, and then clockwise down to the baseline.

Look at those S's.

Superb.

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

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

I'm starting just below the ascender line, and I'm going to go up to the ascender line, and I'm going to curl into the x-height line, and then I'm going to curl back around down to the baseline, and finish just above the baseline.

Let's try that again.

So start just below the ascender line.

I go up to the ascender line, curl around into the x-height line, then I'm gonna curl around again down to the baseline, and then finish just above the baseline.

Let's try one more.

Just below the the ascender line, up to the ascender line, curl into the x-height line, and then curl around again down to the baseline and around.

Check for understanding which is the correct formation of the capital letter S.

Pause the video while you decide which S has been formed correctly.

Well done if you selected the first capital S, this one is sitting in between the baseline, and the ascender line.

And now it's time for your final task.

I'd like you to practise forming the capital letters K, T, and S.

First of all, go over the grey examples, then try using the starting dot, and finally complete two lines independently on your tramlines.

Pause the video while you have a go at this task, and I'll see you when you are finished.

Great to be back with you.

So how did you get on with your practise at forming the capitals K, T, and S? Did you use the correct starting point each time? Did you make a vertical down to the baseline for the letters K and T? And did you use one continuous movement for the letter S? Circle your best and celebrate.

In our lesson, "Formation of A, H, K, T and S," we have covered the following.

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

The capital letter S starts just below the ascender line.

The letters A, H, K, and T all have either one or two vertical or 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.

You do not lift your pencil when forming the letter S.

The letter S curls around twice.

Well done everyone for your curled around lines, your diagonals, your horizontal lines, your vertical lines.

You have done a terrific job at forming capital's A, H, K, T and S, and I hope you enjoy forming them every single time that you form them from now onwards.

I'll see you in another lesson soon.

Bye for now.