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 correctly form the numerals zero to five." We have some key words in our lesson today.

Let's go through them one at a time, my turn, your turn, numeral, digit, continuous motion.

Fantastic, I liked hearing those words loud and clear.

Let's make sure we look out for those words.

Let's listen for them.

Let's think carefully about them.

They will be coming up in our lesson today.

Today's lesson is called "Formation of the Numerals Zero to Five," and it has two exciting parts to it, first of all, practise forming the numeral zero, one, and two, and next, practise forming the numerals three, four, and five.

Let's begin with practise forming the numeral zero, one, and two.

But before we start, let's take a look at these pictures.

What are they reminding you to do? Have a look at each of these three pictures and tell someone nearby, what are these pictures reminding you to do? Pause the video here.

Okay, I hope you had a good chat about that.

Let's have a look at the first picture.

Hmm, what is this person doing sitting at the desk? Let's have a look.

They are sitting on a chair at a table.

They have their feet flat on the floor, and their back is against the chair.

And that's because the posture that we take, that means the way that we sit for handwriting, is really important.

So I hope you notice some of those things from that image.

Let's take a look at the picture in the middle of our screen.

Hmm, what did you notice? What is that reminding you to do? Let's have a look.

It's reminding us to angle our paper correctly and to use your non-writing hand to support the paper so that it doesn't slip and slide around on the table.

And finally, let's have a look at these pictures of these two hands, a left-handed hand and a right-handed writing hand.

What are these images reminding us to do? To hold your pencil in the tripod grip, the tripod grip is really important.

We have our tall finger and our pointing finger on the top, and our thumb is underneath, and our fingers are slightly bent.

Well done if you discussed some of these things with your partner, and now I think it's time for us to move into some fun warmups.

Are you ready? Let's do it.

Let's have a go at our hand-squeeze warmup.

I'm going to go first of all, and then it will be your turn.

I'm gonna choose which hand to begin with, this one.

And I'm gonna start by stretching out all my fingers, stretching them really wide, really far apart.

And then I'm gonna slowly bring them in.

And I'm going to imagine I've got something precious in my hand, and I'm squeezing and holding it tight, holding something tightly in my hand, something tiny, tiny and precious.

And then I'm going to open out my fingers into that lovely stretch once again and then back into a squeeze, holding something precious and tight.

I'm gonna try with the other hand, first of all, that lovely big stretch, stretch all my fingers, and then bringing all those fingers in and squeezing something, holding something precious, holding it tight, out to that lovely stretch, and then fingers in to a lovely squeeze, mm, feels great.

Okay, it's your turn.

Choose which hand you're going to begin with.

Put the hand up, open up the fingers, stretch them wide, and then squeeze them tight.

Hold something precious, and tiny, and tight, and then stretch and squeeze.

Lovely, other hand, first of all, stretch and then squeeze the hand tight, stretch and squeeze.

Oh, lovely job, everybody.

Next, we're going to move on to our wrist circles.

First of all, I'm going to stretch my hands out in front of me, and then I'm going to pull my fingers in, form fists, and then I'm going to make circles moving in one direction, lovely circles.

And then I'm going to go in the other direction.

This feels good.

This feels fun.

Are you ready to join in? Let's go.

Take your hands.

Put 'em out in front of you, form fists.

Let's go, one direction, other direction.

Let's just do it again because it's so much fun.

We can't really stop 'cause we're enjoying ourselves so much.

That's the way to do it.

All right, and now let's look closely at our first numeral.

This is the numeral zero, yeah.

Now, remember, numeral is one of our keywords.

So a numeral is a symbol or character used to represent a number.

And here our numeral is represented by the digit zero.

Let's take a close look at this zero.

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

Okay, did you notice that this numeral is formed of a curve line, that it reaches up to the ascender line, which is the top line on our set of crown lines, and then it sits on the baseline? The numeral zero starts on the ascender line.

That's the top line on that set of tramlines.

The numeral zero sits on the baseline.

That's the green line on that set of tramlines.

The numeral zero is formed with one continuous motion in an anticlockwise direction.

Now continuous motion is another one of our keywords, and it means when we are writing with a smooth and uninterrupted flow or movement without lifting our pencil from the page.

We just keep moving, continuous movement.

The numeral zero is formed in a similar way to the lowercase letter O, and a numeral is a symbol or character that represents a number.

And here, we can see the zero is represented by the digit zero.

I'm going to have a go at forming the numeral zero in the air with my finger.

After that, it will be your turn.

I'm going to begin at the ascender line, and I'm going to go in an anticlockwise direction, curving around down to the baseline, and then I'm gonna keep going around and curving back up to the ascender line to where I began to close the circle.

That's it.

That's my numeral zero.

Now, it's your turn.

Are you ready? We're gonna start at the ascender line, and we're curving down to the baseline, and then we are curving back up to the ascender line to close that circle, all going around in one continuous motion, anti-clockwise.

Let's try that again, ready? Going anti-clockwise curving down to the baseline and then curving back up, and we'll close the circle at the ascender line, yep.

There's zeros look great.

I'm going to show you how to form the numeral zero.

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

I'm going to start on the ascender line, and I'm going around in an anticlockwise direction down to the baseline.

And then I'm gonna curl around, back up to the ascender line to close the circle.

Let's try that again, so I'll start at the ascender line, and I'm going anticlockwise down to the baseline, and then I'm curling back up and around to where I started to close the circle, and let's try one more zero.

Start at the ascender line, anti-clockwise, down to the baseline, and I'm back up to the ascender line.

Check for understanding, which is the correct formation of the numeral zero? Take a look at these three.

Which one is formed correctly? Pause the video while you decide.

Well done if you selected the zero above the C.

This one is beginning all the way up at the ascender line, and it's going down to the baseline, coming around and back up to the ascender line.

Great job if you picked this one.

Okay, next up, it's time to investigate the numeral one.

Let's look closely at it.

What do you notice? What do you see? Pause the video while you share with someone nearby everything you can spot about the numeral one.

Okay, did you notice that it's made up of a straight line? It reaches up to the ascender line, and it's sitting on the baseline.

And now, let's look closely at the numeral two.

What do you notice? What do you see? Tell someone nearby.

Pause the video here.

Did you notice, so many things about the way it's formed? First of all, it has a curved line.

Then, it's got a diagonal line, and then it has a straight line.

It's sitting on the baseline, and it's reaching up to the ascender line.

Well done if you spotted these things.

Let's find out more about the numeral one.

The numeral one starts on the ascender line.

The numeral one sits on the baseline.

Numeral one has one straight line.

The numeral one is formed with one continuous motion.

How about the numeral two? Numeral two starts just below the ascender line.

Numeral two reaches up to the ascender line.

The numeral two sits comfortably on the baseline, and the numeral two has a curved line, and then a diagonal line, and then a straight line.

The numeral two is made with one continuous motion.

I'm going to have a go at forming the numerals one and two in the air with my finger, and after that it will be your turn.

All right, I'm gonna begin with number one, starting at the ascender line.

And guess what I'm going to do.

I'm gonna make one straight line down to the baseline.

That's it.

It's your turn.

Ready? Start at the ascender line.

Let's go, one straight line down to the baseline.

Let's do it again, one straight line down to the baseline.

Job done, okay, now it's time for me to form the numeral two.

I'm going to begin just below the ascender line, and I'm gonna curl up to the ascender line.

Then, I'm gonna curl around, and go diagonally down to the baseline, and then a straight line across from the baseline.

It's your turn.

Let's have a go at this.

So starting just below the ascender line, we curl up to the ascender line, and then we're gonna curl around, and go diagonally down to the baseline, and a straight line across the baseline.

Oh, yeah, that's looking good.

Let's try one more, curling up to the ascender line, and then around diagonal down to the baseline, and a straight line across.

Oh, yes, these twos are looking fantastic.

I'm going to show you how to form the numeral one.

I'm sitting comfortably.

My pen is in the tripod grip.

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

Let's try again.

Start on the ascender line and make one straight line down to the baseline.

And one more, start on the ascender line, straight line down to the baseline.

I'm going to show you how to form the numeral two.

I'm sitting comfortably.

My pen is in the tripod grip.

I'm going to start just below the ascender line, and I'm gonna curl up to the ascender line, and I'm gonna curl around.

And then I'm gonna go down diagonally to the baseline and then make a horizontal line across the baseline.

Let's try that again, so I'm starting just below the ascender line, and I'm gonna curl up to the ascender line, keep curling around, and then go down diagonally to the baseline, and then a horizontal line across.

One more, start just below the ascender line.

Curl up to the ascender line, curl around, make a diagonal down to the baseline, and then a horizontal line across.

Check for understanding, which is the correct formation of the numeral one? Pause the video while you decide which one it is.

Well done if you selected the one in the middle.

This is going from the ascender line down to the baseline.

Which is the correct formation of the numeral two? Pause the video while you decide.

Well done if you selected the numeral two in the middle.

This one is starting just below the ascender line, curling up to the ascender line, diagonal line down to the baseline, and a line straight across the baseline, and it's all formed in one continuous movement.

Well done if you selected this one.

And now, it's time for your first task.

I'd like you to practise forming the numerals zero and one.

First of all, go over the grey examples.

Next, try using the starting dot.

And finally complete two lines independently on your tramlines.

After that, I'd like you to practise forming the numeral two.

First, go over the grey examples.

Next, 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're finished.

Okay, it's good to be back with you.

How did you get on with forming the numerals zero, one, and two? Did you use one continuous motion to form the numeral zero? Did you start and end on the ascender line? How about the one? Did you use one continuous motion to form the numeral one? Is your numeral one straight, straight down from the ascender line to the baseline? Circle your best zero and one and celebrate.

And how about the two? Did you use one continuous motion to form the numeral two? Did you draw a curved line, and a diagonal line, and then a straight line? Circle your best two and celebrate.

And now, it's time for us to move on to practising forming the numerals three, four, and five.

Are you ready? Let's begin.

And here we have the numeral three.

Let's look closely at it.

What do you notice? What do you see? Pause the video and tell someone nearby everything you notice about this numeral three.

Okay, so what did you spot? Let's have a look.

Did you notice that it reaches all the way up to the ascender line? Did you notice that it's sitting comfortably on the baseline? And did you notice that it's made up of curved lines? No straight lines in the number three, curved lines, two curved lines.

Well done if you spotted some of these things.

And now, let's get our eyes focused on the numeral four.

Here it is.

Look closely at it.

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

What do you notice about this numeral four? Okay, good to be back with you, so what did you notice? What did you see? Maybe you noticed some of these things.

Wow, there's a lot going on, so where does it reach up to? It reaches up to above the x-height line but not quite as high as the ascender line.

It is made up of some different kinds of lines.

It has a diagonal line.

That's fun, and it has some straight lines.

Guess what.

Those straight lines cross.

Ooh, there's a lot going on here.

I hope you notice some of these things.

So back to the numeral three, the numeral three starts just below the ascender line, and then it reaches up to the ascender line.

It sits on the baseline, and it has two curved lines.

The numeral three is formed with one continuous motion.

That means we do not take our pencil off the page.

We just keep moving.

The numeral four starts between the ascender line and the x-height line.

So it's quite a special numeral, this one, because no other numeral starts from this position, very special numeral, four.

The numeral four sits on the baseline.

The numeral four has three straight lines, and one of them is a diagonal, oh, love that.

And you lift your pencil to make the cross.

Okay, it's time for us to have some fun and form these numerals in the air.

So we're to form the numerals three and four.

First of all, I will have a go, and then it will be your turn.

So I am going to get my finger into this correct starting position, which is just below the ascender line for the numeral three.

And then I'm gonna go up towards the ascender line, and then I'm gonna curl around in a clockwise direction to the X-height line.

Then I'm gonna curl around again in a clockwise direction down to the baseline, all done in one continuous motion.

Let me show you one more time, so I'm starting here just below the ascender line.

I go up to the ascender line, curl around to the X-height line, clockwise, and then again I curl around to the baseline in a clockwise direction.

Done, and now it's your turn.

Ready, line, go.

Let's do this, up to the centre line, curling around in the clockwise direction to the X-height line, and keep going, continuous movement, curl around to the baseline in a clockwise direction.

Oh, that was fun.

Let's do one more.

Ready? Ready, line, go.

Let's begin, clockwise to the X-height line, and again, clockwise to the baseline, lovely job, everyone, well done.

Okay, and now it's time for me to form the numeral four.

I'm going to begin.

Remember, this one has a special starting place, which is in between the ascender line and the x-height line.

So I'm gonna begin that, and I'm gonna make a diagonal line down to between the X-height line and the baseline.

Then I'm gonna go straight across, horizontal line across.

Gonna lift my pencil off, go to the X-height line, and draw a line straight down to the baseline.

Very nice if I say so myself.

Okay, now it's your turn to get involved.

Are you ready? Ready, line, go.

Let's place our pencil in between the X-height line and the ascender line, and a diagonal down to in between the X-height line and the baseline, straight across, horizontal line across, pencil off.

Go to the X-height line and a vertical line straight down to the baseline, very nice, one more diagonal, horizontal, pencil off, and vertical line down.

Those fours are looking good, well done, everybody.

I'm going to show you how to form the numeral three.

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

I'm going to start just below the ascender line, and I'm going to go up to the ascender line.

Then, I'm going to curl around to the X-height line, and then I'm gonna curl around again down to the baseline.

Let's try that again.

So I'm gonna start just below the ascender line.

I'm gonna curl up to the ascender line and then curl around, clockwise direction, into the X-height line, and then we curl around again in a clockwise direction down to the baseline.

Let's try one more.

Start just below the ascender line, curl up to the ascender line, curl around in a clockwise direction into the x-height line, and then curl around in a clockwise direction down to the baseline.

I'm going to show you how to form the numeral four.

I'm going to start in between the ascender line and the x-height line, and I'm gonna make a diagonal line to in between the x-height line and the baseline.

Then, I'm going to make a horizontal line across.

I'm going to lift my pencil off, my pen off, go to the X height line, and then draw a line down to the baseline, making sure those two lines cross.

Let's try that again.

So I'll start in between the ascender line and the X-height line.

I'll make a diagonal line to in between the x-height line and the baseline.

I'll make it a horizontal line straight across, lift up my pen, go to the x-height line, and draw a line down to the baseline.

Let's try one more.

Start in between the ascender and the x-height line, diagonal across, horizontal, lift up my pen to the x-height line, and make a line going straight down.

Check for understanding, which is the correct formation of the numeral three? Take a look at these three threes on the screen.

Hmm, something fishy about a couple of them.

One of them is looking mighty fine.

Which one is it? Pause the video while you decide.

Yes, you guessed it.

It's the three above the letter C.

That one is starting just below the ascender line.

It's got those two curves, and it finishes around the baseline.

Great job, everyone, if you selected this numeral three.

And now, I would like you to check, which is the correct formation of the numeral four? Take a look at these three fours.

Which one is the four for you? Pause video while you decide.

Yes, you've guessed it.

It's the four above the A.

This one is starting in the correct position between the ascender line and the x-height line, and everything is in its correct place.

Well done if you selected this numeral four.

Okay, let's see what's appeared on our screen.

It's the numeral five.

It's here.

Look closely at it.

What do you notice? What do you see? Pause the video and tell someone nearby everything you notice about the numeral five.

All right, what did you come up with? Maybe something like this, it reaches up to the ascender line.

It sits heavily on the baseline, and this is pretty interesting numeral because it has some straight lines, and it has a curved line, so a mixture, best of both worlds.

Let's find out more about the numeral five.

The numeral five starts on the ascender line.

The numeral five sits on the baseline.

The numeral five has two straight lines and one curved line.

The numeral five is formed with one continuous motion.

That means we do not take our pencil off the page.

We just keep moving, and keep flowing, and keep enjoying ourselves.

Speaking of enjoying ourselves, it's time for us to have some fun and form the numeral five in the air.

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

I'm going to start up at the ascender line, and I'm going to make a straight line backwards.

Then, I'm gonna make a straight line down, vertical line down to the x-height line, and then I'm gonna go forwards, round, and back, a nice curved line there finishing around the baseline.

Let me show you one more time.

So start at the ascender line, and I make a straight line back, straight line down to the x-height line, and then forwards, around, and back to around the baseline.

Okay, it's your turn.

Are you ready? Ready, line, go.

Let's start at the ascender line, and we'll draw a straight line back, then a straight line down to the x-height line, and then we'll go forwards, back, and down to the baseline.

Wonderful, one more, ready, line, go, straight line back, straight line down, and then forwards, round, down finishing at the baseline.

These fives are looking terrific, well done, everybody.

High five.

I'm going to show you how to form the numeral five.

I'm sitting comfortably.

My pen is in the tripod grip.

I'm going to start on the ascender line, and I'm going to draw a line, a straight line backwards.

Then, I'm going to draw a straight line down to the x-height line.

And then, I'm going to curl forwards down and around to the baseline.

And remember, we keep our pen on the page while we are forming the numeral five.

Let's try that again.

Start on the ascender line, draw a line backwards, draw a line straight down, and then I'm gonna go forwards, curling around down to the baseline.

Let's try one more.

Start on your ascender line, go backwards, go straight down, and then curling around down to the baseline.

Check for understanding, which is the correct formation of the numeral five? Take a look at these three fives on the screen.

Which one has been formed correctly? Pause the video and tell someone nearby.

Well done if you selected the five in the middle.

This one is starting up there at the ascender line.

It goes all the way down to the baseline.

It's looking good.

Well done if you selected this five.

And now it's time for your task.

I would like you to practise forming the numerals three and four.

First of all, I'd like you to go over the grey examples.

After that, try using the starting dot.

And finally, complete two lines independently, flowingly, with focus, with concentration, with enjoyment on your tramlines.

After that, I'd like you to practise forming the numeral five.

Go over the great examples, try using the starting dot, and then complete those two lines independently with focus, with skill, with enjoyment on your tramlines.

I'm really looking forward to seeing how you got on.

So pause the video here, and I'll see you when you finish your task.

All right, it's good to be back with you.

How did you get on with forming the numerals three and four? Did you use one continuous motion to form the numeral three? And did you draw two curved lines? What about the numeral four? Did you start between the X-height line and the ascender line? Remember, it's that very unique numeral that has this special starting point.

And did you lift your pencil to make the cross from the X-height line to the baseline? I hope so.

Circle your best three, your best four, and celebrate.

And how about the five? How did you get on forming the numeral five? Did you start on the ascender line and use one continuous, flowing, enjoyable motion? Did you draw two straight lines and one curved line? Circle your best five and celebrate.

You deserve a celebration.

In our lesson today, "Formation of Numerals Zero to Five," we have covered the following.

A numeral is a symbol or character that represents a number.

The numerals zero, one, two, three, and five are made using one continuous movement.

The numerals zero, one, two, three, and five are formed without lifting your pencil.

The numeral four needs the pencil lifted to add a second line.

The numeral four is the only numeral that doesn't reach up to the ascender line.

The numerals zero to five all sit on the baseline.

Well done, everybody, for joining in with this lesson.

I love the way you've formed all of those numerals, so careful, so focused.

Hopefully, you enjoyed it, too.

I look forward to seeing you at another lesson soon.

Bye for now.