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 form the pre-cursive letters e, s, and f.

Let's find out more about this lesson.

We have keywords, we always have keywords, and today's keywords are my turn, lead in, your turn, lead out.

X-height letter.

And loop.

That one's gonna be a lot of fun.

Well, they all are, but I like the loop.

Let's see what else is involved in today's lesson.

So our lesson, pre-cursive formation of e, s, and f has got four parts to it.

We'll start with our handwriting warmup, we always like to do that, it's a lot of fun, it gets us all ready and all set for handwriting.

Next we'll be forming the pre-cursive letter e, then forming the pre-cursive letter s, and finally forming the pre-cursive letter f.

Let's get into the warmups.

So before we start to write, it's important that we warm up our hand and our wrist muscles.

Your hands and your wrists get stronger when you exercise them.

So warming up your hands while writing will help to improve your handwriting.

We are going to start our handwriting warmups with a really, really fun warmup, this one is piano playing.

And this is so much fun because we get to exercise our hands and we get to imagine a really fun tune in our head.

So I'm going to go first and then it will be your turn.

I'm getting my fingers in position on top of my imaginary piano, and I am going to start pressing each of these keys on the keyboard by moving my fingers and pressing them down, stretching my fingers, moving along the keyboard, making a lovely tune.

Oh my goodness, this sounds great.

I'm enjoying hearing this in my mind.

Wonderful.

And now it's your turn.

Get your hands ready.

Get your fingers in position on just above the keys on your piano keyboard, and let's go.

Let's start playing our tune.

So you're pressing your fingers down on the imaginary piano keyboard.

You are stretching out your fingers 'cause you need to go and to reach some of those notes that are a little bit further away.

Oh, how's your tune sounding? Are you enjoying it? I can hear all of these lovely imaginary tunes.

What a great, great sound.

What a great stretch for our fingers.

Well done everyone.

Next we're going to have a go at the clapping position.

So for this, we're going to bring our hands together as if we were clapping.

And I'll have a go first and then it will be your turn, and I'm gonna press all of my fingers into each other.

So fingers from this hand are pressing into the fingers from this hand, and my palms the centre of your hand, those the palms are pressing against each other as well.

It's a really, really nice way for us to get our hands and our wrists as well ready for handwriting.

Hmm, it feels really nice.

It's your turn.

Get your hands ready as if you're going to clap.

You'll deserve a clap after this, and let's press them together.

Pressing together each of your fingers, pressing together your thumbs, pressing the palms of your hands together.

Your wrists are getting a nice little stretch here as well.

Doesn't this feel great? Oh, lovely and relaxed.

All done.

As well as the warmups, practising handwriting patterns also helps us to prepare for writing letters.

You can see we've got these nice up and downs, zigzags and loops.

Today we are gonna focus on this pattern.

So I'm going to do the pattern in the air with my finger and then it'll be your turn.

So I'm going to go up, over and down, up, over and down, up, over and down.

Are you ready for your turn to do the pattern in the air? Let's go, up, over and down, up, over and down, up, over and down, up, over and down.

Should we go backwards? Let's go backwards, up, over and down, just a few more times.

Lovely.

Well done.

For your task, I'd like you to copy and continue the pattern that we were just doing in the air using your tripod grip.

Remember, don't lift your pencil when you're forming the pattern.

Pause the video here.

Okay, we are back.

How did you get on with that pattern? Did you use your tripod grip? Did you keep your pencil on the page the whole time? I hope so.

Hope you had a lot of fun.

Well done.

Let's move on to the next part of our lesson.

Now we're going to get into forming the pre-cursive letter e.

Get ready, it's about to appear on the screen.

Here it is.

Take a close look.

Hmm.

Really have a very good look at this pre-cursive letter e.

What do you notice? What do you see? Tell the person next to you everything you notice and see.

Pause the video here.

Okay, so let's find out.

Did you notice that it has a lead in? Did you notice that this pre-cursive letter e has a lead out? And did you notice that it's an x-height letter? It goes up as high as the x-height line.

Let's get into it a little bit more.

This is the pre-cursive formation of the letter e.

The pre-cursive formation of letter e has a lead in and it has a lead out.

Letter e is an x-height letter, and the pre-cursive letter e starts on the baseline.

That's important to remember.

And actually when we start writing it, we might say something like ready, line, go to just remind ourselves that's where we start on that line.

Let's have a go at warming the letter e in the air.

I'm going to go first of all using my finger and it will be your turn.

I'm going to start on the baseline, and I can say to myself, ready, line, go.

And I'm gonna move upwards, and then when I get to in between the baseline and the x-height line, I'm gonna move, curl around in an anti-clockwise direction, touching the x-height line, and then I'm gonna go back down and in a clockwise direction, I'm gonna touch the baseline, and then I'll have a curved upstroke as my lead out.

Lemme show you that one more time.

So start on the baseline and then I'm going up.

And then when I'm in between the baseline and the x-height line with a curve round anti-clockwise, touch the x-height line down to the baseline, and then I finish with a curved upstroke for my lead out.

Okay, are you ready for your turn? Let's go, start on a baseline, let's go up and then we're gonna curve around anti-clockwise as we touch the x-height line.

Then we're gonna go down to the baseline and we're gonna finish with an curved up stroke for the lead out.

One more time, baseline, upwards, and then we're gonna curl around anticlockwise and we're going down clockwise and a curved upstroke.

Those letter e, pre-cursive letter e's are looking really good.

I'm enjoying seeing those all around.

Well done everyone, that's a great job.

I'm going to show you how to form the pre-cursive letter e.

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

I'm going to say to myself, "Ready, line, go" to remind me where to start on this line.

And then I'm gonna from the baseline, draw my lead in.

I'm gonna go up to between the baseline and the x-height line, and I'm gonna begin to curl around in an anti-clockwise direction, touching the x-height line and then coming back down to the baseline and then finishing with a curved upstroke for the lead out.

Let's try that again, I'm gonna start here at the baseline, ready, line, go.

There I go with my lead in.

And then I'm gonna go up to the x-height line, curl round, anti-clockwise down to the baseline, and my curved upstroke for the lead out.

One more time, ready, line, go, lead in.

And then I'm gonna curl around in an anticlockwise direction, touching the x-height line down to the baseline.

And there's my curved upstroke for the lead out.

Check for understanding, which is the correct formation of the pre-cursive letter e? So you can look at these three e's that are for you, which is the one that is formed correctly? Pause the video here while you decide.

Well done if you selected the first one, this one is sitting correctly in between the x-height line and the baseline, and it's got that nice lead in, and a beautiful lead out.

For your task, I'd like you to practise forming the pre-cursive letter e.

First of all, go over the grey examples.

Next, phrasing the starting dots, and finally complete two lines of the pre-cursive letter e independently on your tram lines.

Enjoy everyone, stay focused, and I'll see you when you're finished.

Pause the video here.

Okay, good to be back with you.

I wonder how did you get on with forming the pre-cursive letter e.

Did you start on a baseline? Did you remember your lead in? Did you remember that curved upstroke for the lead out? Did you keep your pencil on the page the whole time? So put your best pre-cursive letter e and celebrate.

You have done a fantastic job, well done.

For the next part of our lesson, we will look at forming the pre-cursive letter s.

Get ready, it's about to appear.

Here it is.

Here's the pre-cursive letter s.

Take a closer look.

Hmm, what can you see? Eye it up from every angle.

What do you notice? Tell the person next to you everything you can see.

Pause the video here.

Okay, there are quite a few things to notice here, how many of these did you get I wonder.

Did you notice the lead in? Did you notice the lead out? Did you notice that it sits up as high as the x-height line and that it's made up of curved lines? Let's find out more about the pre-cursive letter s.

Here it is, this is the pre-cursive formation of the letter s.

The pre-cursive letter s has a lead in and it has a lead out.

The letter s is an x-height letter, goes up as high as the x-height line.

And the letter s is formed with curved lines.

Okay, now it's that fun time forming the letter s in the air.

I'm gonna go, first of all, I'm gonna use my fist, then it will be your turn.

So I am going to begin on the baseline and I'm gonna do my lead in.

Make my lead in, which goes all the way up to the x-height line.

Then I'm gonna curl around anti-clockwise to halfway between the x-height line and the baseline, then I'm gonna curl around clockwise down to the baseline, and then I'll finish with my lead out.

Let me show you again, starting at the baseline, make my lead in, which goes all the way up to the x-height line, then I curl anti-clockwise to halfway between the two lines.

Then I curl around clockwise down to the baseline.

Finish with my lead out.

Okay, are you ready for your turn? Get that fist ready on the baseline, let's go.

All the way up with our lead-in to the x-height line, curl around anti-clockwise and then curl around clockwise, and then finish with your lead out.

Let's do another one, this is fun, let's go from a baseline all the way up to the x-height line, lead in, then anti-clockwise to halfway between the two lines, then clockwise down to the baseline and then lead out.

Those s's are looking very good.

I love these flowing, flowing s's that you've created.

Loving those curves.

Great job.

I'm going to show you how to form the pre-cursive letter s.

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

I'm going to say to myself, "Ready, line, go." I gonna put my pen on the baseline to draw my lead in, and I'm gonna go all the way up to the x-height line, and then I'm gonna curl in an anticlockwise direction to the middle of the x-height line in the baseline, and then I'm gonna curl in a clockwise direction down to the baseline.

And then I'm gonna finish with a lead out from the baseline.

Let's try that again.

Ready, line, go.

Starting with my lead in from the baseline all the way up to the x-height line.

Then I'm gonna go anti-clockwise, curling around to the middle of the x-height line and the baseline.

Then I'm gonna do a curved line down to the baseline and clockwise direction.

And then I'm gonna finish with my lead out.

Let's try one more, ready, line, go.

There's my lead in all the way up to the x-height line.

Then I'm going anticlockwise curling around.

Then I'm curling around clockwise down to the baseline.

And then I'm gonna finish with my lead out.

Check for understanding, select the correct formation of the pre-cursive letter s.

Look at these three.

Ooh, one of them is standing out for me.

What about for you? Pause the video while you decide.

Yes, it's that one in the middle, that is the pre-cursive letter s for us.

The first one has got all sorts of things going on, can't even quite describe them.

And the last one is backwards.

It's not in the correct direction.

So the one in the middle is absolutely the pre-cursive letter s for us.

For your task, I'd like you to practise forming the pre-cursive letter s.

First of all, go over the grey examples.

Next, tracing the starting dot.

And finally, complete two lines independently on your tram lines.

Enjoy every s, stay focused, and I'll see you when you're finished.

Pause the video here.

Okay, we are back together, and I'm really curious to find out how you got on.

Did you start on a baseline? Did you remember your lead in? Did you make two curved lines, the first one, anti-clockwise, and then clockwise? Did you remember your lead out? Well done if you did all of those things, circle your best one and celebrate, yes, you did it.

For the next part of our lesson, we are forming the pre-cursive letter f.

Are you ready for this f to appear on the screen? Here it is.

Oh wow, look at this, there is a lot to notice.

Pause the video while you tell the person next to you what you can see and what you can notice.

Did you notice that the letter f has a loop for the lead in that's quite unusual, and at the end it also has a loop as the lead out? So this is where the loops come in.

And the pre-cursive letter f is a tall letter, it's going all the way up to the ascender line.

Let's find out a little bit more.

This is the pre-cursive formation of the letter f.

The pre-cursive letter f has a lead in starting at the baseline, and the pre-cursive letter f has a loop for the lead in, and a loop for the lead out.

The pre-cursive letter f has a descender all the way down to the descender line, and it has an ascender, so this is a really special letter.

It's got loops, it's got an ascender, a descender, it's all going on.

Let's have a go at forming the pre-cursive letter f.

I'll have a go, first of all using my finger and then it'll be your turn.

I'm going to start at baseline and I'm going to make a curve diagonal line up as high as the ascender line.

I'm gonna go anti-clockwise, and then I'm gonna go all the way down to the descender line, make a loop, and then I'm gonna have a lead out that goes up past the baseline.

Let's try that again, so I'll start at the baseline, and I'm gonna make a curved line up to the ascender line, then go anti-clockwise, and then all the way down to the descender line, and then I'll make a loop as my lead out that goes just past the baseline.

Okay, are you ready for your turn? Let's start at the baseline, and we start, here's our lead in.

We're going up, curving upwards, curling around, anti-clockwise all the way at the ascender line, and then we'll go down to the descender line.

That's quite a drop.

Then we'll make a loop for our lead out that goes just past the baseline.

Let's try again, baseline, loop all the way up to the ascender line, then straight down to the baseline, make another loop for your lead out.

Let's do one more, baseline all the way up, curling around up to the ascender line, all the way down to the descender line, and then another loop for the lead out.

Lovely, well done, really enjoying looking at those pre-cursive letter f's, enjoying the loops, the ascenders, the descenders.

It's a great look.

I'm going to show you how to form the pre-cursive letter f.

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

I'm going to say to myself, "Ready, line, go" and put my pen on the baseline to begin my lead in.

And I'm gonna go up and making a curve diagonal line all the way up to the ascender line.

I'm gonna go around an anti-clockwise direction now, and then head all the way down to the descender line.

And from here, I'm going to make a loop that goes up to the baseline as my lead out.

Let's try that again, I'm gonna say "Ready, line, go." Start with my lead in at the baseline, making a curved diagonal line all the way up to the ascender line, going around anti-clockwise, and then all the way down to the descender line.

Then I'm gonna make a loop for my lead out that just goes past the baseline.

Let's try one more, ready, line, go, lead in, curling up to the descender line, anti-clockwise.

Then down, down, down, down, down to the descender line, another loop as my lead out.

Check for understanding.

Select the correct formation of the pre-cursive letter f.

Which of these three f's is the correct one? Take a close look.

Pause the video while you decide.

Well done if you selected the one above the letter c, this one is sitting correctly in between the ascender line and the descender line and the formation is spot on.

Well done.

For your task, I'd like you to practise forming the pre-cursive letter f.

First of all, go over the grey examples, next, trace in starting dot, and finally complete two lines independently on your tram lines.

Stay focused on the f's, on the loops, on the ascenders, the descenders, enjoy everyone, and I'll see you when you're finished.

Pause the video here.

Okay, we are back.

How did you get on? I'm curious to know, did you start on the baseline for the lead in? Did you form a loop for the lead in? How about a loop for the lead out? Did you keep your pencil on the paper the whole time? Circle your best pre-cursive letter f and celebrate.

Well done everyone.

In our lesson, pre-cursive formation of e, s, and f.

We have covered the following, the pre-cursive letters, e, s, and f all have a lead in and lead out.

The pre-cursive letter f has a loop as the lead in and a loop as the lead out.

The pre-cursive letter f has an ascender and a descender.

The pre-cursive letters e and s are x-height letters.

Really well done everybody for your focus today in this lesson.

It's been great to form these letters with you and to practise all these loops and lead-ins and lead outs, and I hope you'll enjoy forming all of your pre-cursive, e, s's, and f's from now on.

Look forward to seeing you at the next lesson.

Bye for now.