Hello everyone.

My name is Miss Afzal.

And I'm really thrilled to be here with you.

Because, we are going to be practising one of my very favourite things, and that is handwriting.

So, we're gonna get into it.

We're gonna have a go at practising some letters.

And some patterns.

We're gonna do some warmups, it's gonna be a great time, we have.

And I hope you're ready, I hope you're excited, too.

Let's get started.

The outcome for today's lesson is I can correctly form the first join.

I'm really excited about this lesson.

Let's find out our keywords, and what's involved today.

Here are our keywords for today.

Let's do my turn/your turn.

Cursive, join, lead out, baseline, x-height line.

Fantastic, I loved hearing those loud and clear.

And let's find out what we're doing in today's lesson.

In our lesson first join, I-D, I-G, E-D, and E-G with no lead in.

We will cover the following.

First of all, handwriting warmups.

fix the first join, I-D and I-G.

And then, the first join, E-D and E-G.

But first of all, warmups, and why they're important.

Before starting to write, its important to warm up our hand, and our wrist muscles.

Your hands and wrists get stronger when you exercise them.

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

Let's have a go at the finger touch warmup.

I will go first of all, and then it will be your turn.

I'm going to imagine over a little bit of Play Dough here on my thumb, and I'm gonna just touch that Play Dough with each of my fingers.

So this is the finger touch warmup.

And I can go backwards.

You can go back in the other direction.

Forwards, and backwards.

I'm gonna take my other hand, imagine I got a little bit of Play Dough there, and I'm gonna just touch the piece of Play Dough with each of my fingers.

Going the other way, so you can just go back and forth in each direction.

Wonderful.

Now, it's your turn, are you ready? Take whichever hand you want to begin with, and imagine a little bit of Play Dough there, and you're just gonna touch the Play Dough with each of your fingers.

Each of your fingers is stretching out, reaching down, and touching that Play Dough.

And you can go in the other direction.

Try with your other hand.

There's your little bit of Play Dough.

So, you're gonna touch it with each of your fingers.

You can go back in the other direction.

Fantastic.

Should we do some really fun, both hands at the same time.

There's your bit of Play Dough, let's go.

So we're gonna touch the bit of Play Dough, we're gonna go back the other way.

And we're gonna speed it up.

Do you want to try that? Speeding it up a little bit? In one direction, the other direction.

What fun.

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

This is really gonna help our wrists, and is gonna be good for our imagination.

'Cause we're going to imagine that we are in some kind of vehicle.

So we can be in a car, or a bus, or a van, or whatever you like, something that has windows.

And we're imagining that it's raining really hard, and we don't want that rain to get in the way of us seeing clearly through the windows, so we are going to be wiping the windows with these wipers, windscreen wipers.

Who knew that our hands could be really effective windscreen wipers? So, let's just do this.

Let's keep wiping away that rain.

And now, it's your turn.

Are you ready? Put your hands up, your windscreen wipers.

And let's go.

Oh my goodness, it's raining so hard.

We really need to get this rain off of our screens so we can see clearly, and so that we can get to school, or the park, or the library, whatever is our favourite place to go.

Well done, great job.

Practising writing patterns helps us to prepare for writing and joining letters.

Look at these fantastic patterns on the screen.

Check for understanding.

True or false? Practising writing patterns helps to prepare us for joining letters.

Pause the video, while you decide whether this is true or false.

Well done, if you selected true.

Absolutely, practising writing patterns will help us to prepare for joining our letters.

For your task, I would like you to copy and continue these patterns using your tripod grid.

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

And focus on keeping the movement smooth and flowing.

Pause the video while you have a go at these patterns.

I'll see you when you're finished.

Good to see you again.

How did you get on? Did you you use your tripod grip? Did you keep your pencil on the page? Was your movement smooth? And now, it's time for us to look at our first joined I-D and I-G.

Print and cursive are the most common forms of handwriting.

Print is when each letter is formed separately.

So, have a look at these letters here in the word Cat.

You can see that each of them is totally separate.

It's not touching the next one.

It's not joined onto the next one.

As of this, is print, writing in print.

Cursive, is also known as joined-up handwriting.

And this involves joining the letters in a flowing manner.

So cursive is one of our keywords.

And cursive means to join the letters up together, so that they are not separate from one another.

So, we keep the pencil on the page, and join from one letter to the next.

Let's look closely at a print and cursive example.

So here's a print formation of the word leg.

Letters are separate, they're not touching each other.

They're not joined together.

Now, let's take a look at cursive formation.

Remember our keyword cursive? Should we say it again? Cursive (indistinct).

Fantastic.

Wow, that's quite a difference, isn't it.

Got the same three letters, the L-E and G.

But this time, the letters are connected together.

They're joined together.

It's like they're holding hands to each other.

Sometimes we call this joined-up handwriting.

Okay, let's have a look at these joins here.

Cursive handwriting involves joining letters together without lifting your pencil.

How the letters are connected together depends on which letter is joining to which letter.

And cursive letter joins refer to how letters connect together.

Learning the letter joins will improve your cursive handwriting skills, allowing for a smooth flow of handwriting.

We looked at what cursive before, which means how letters are joined together.

Cursive handwriting is when letters are joined, connected together.

And let's look at joined and joining.

So if something joins, it means it's connected.

So here, my hands are separate.

And here, my hands are joined together.

So, that's what's happening, we're doing, we're joined in cursive handwriting, we're joining and connecting letters together.

Check for understanding.

Cursive letter joins refers to A, the size of the letter.

B, how the letters connect together.

Or C, the print formation of the letter.

Pause the video while you decide which is the correct answer.

Well done if you selected B.

How cursive letter joins refers to how the letters connect together, how they join together.

Let's look closely at examples of our first join.

Have a look at these.

We've got I-D and I-G.

Hm? What do you notice about the way that they're joined? Look closely at it, what can you see? Tell the person next to you.

Pause the video here.

I wonder what you noticed? Did you spot the lead out? Take a look at the D.

Following that D, there is this line going upwards.

There's a lead out.

How about the G? Can you see that the G doesn't finish with that curl up? Instead, it loops around.

And there's our lead out.

The two letters are joined together.

The I and the D, and the I and the G.

Let's find out more about the join.

The first letter starts on the x-height line.

This is one of our keywords.

So the x-height line is the dotted line that we can see, that's called the x-height line.

And x-height letters such as the I, reach up as high as the x-height line.

The join, remember that keyword.

So join is that connection, its the way that the two letters come together, how they meet.

So the join starts at the baseline.

Another one of our keywords.

The baseline is shown in our timelines here as green.

And many letters sit on the baseline.

X-height letters sit on the baseline.

Lots of letters are sitting, that's where they sit, on the baseline.

So the join starts at the baseline, and it goes up to the x-height line.

And the key thing is, that you don't lift your pencil when you're forming the join.

So, you keep going.

The last letter has a lead out.

And then, we add the dot for the letter I, once the letter string is finished.

This Isha is to remind us the first join is from the baseline to the x-height line.

Oh, thanks for showing us that, Isha, that's really helpful.

Okay, it's time to have a go at forming these joins.

I'm going to go first.

I'll form the I-D, and then it will be your turn, and then we can do the same for the I-G.

Okay, now let's see if we can keep our movements smooth and flowing.

Are you ready? I'm going to begin at the x-height line for my letter I.

Here we go.

I'm going to form the I, and then to join, I'm going to go from the baseline, all the way up to the x-height line.

There's my join.

And now, I'm going to form the letter D.

Go anti-clockwise, form a letter D, and then I'll finish with a lead out at the baseline.

And then, I'll go back and dot the I.

Let me show you one more time.

So, I'll start at the x-height line, form my I.

And then to join, I'm going to go from the baseline up to the x-height line.

Then, I will go anti-clockwise, form my letter D, lead out, and then dot the I.

Okay, it is your turn to form I-D.

Ready? Start at the x-height line, let's go.

Form the I.

Then to join, from the baseline to the x-height line.

Form your letter D, anti-clockwise.

Lead out, dot the I.

Shall we do one more? Begin our I at the x-height line, join from the baseline to the x-height line, anti-clockwise, form the D, lead out, and then dot the I.

Oh yes, that's looking very, very good.

Oh there's Isha to remind us, yes of course, remember that dot once the letter string is complete.

Okay, shall we have a go at I-G now? Let me go first of all.

Ready? Here I begin at the x-height line, I form the I.

And it's joined, and we go from the baseline, up to the x-height line.

And then we go anti-clockwise to make the G.

And then, I'm going to form a loop to lead out.

Because from the descender line to just above the baseline.

And then, I'll dot the I.

Okay, it's your turn to form that letter string I-G.

So, x-height line, remember Isha reminder about adjusting the I.

Let's go.

Form the I, and then to join from the baseline up the x-height line line.

Keep huffing on the page the whole time.

Go anti-clockwise to form the G.

And then, form the lead out, we're going to make a loop from the descender line, up to above the baseline.

Thanks Isha, for reminding us about the dot.

Let's do one more.

X-height line, form the I.

From the baseline up to the x-height line, for the join.

Form the G, and then that lovely lead out to the loop, dot the I.

Fantastic.

I'm going to show you how to form the first line Ii-D.

I'm sitting comfortably, the pen's in a tri-fold grip.

I'm just saying to myself, ready, line, go! And begin at the x-height line, form the letter I.

And then to join, I'm gonna go from the baseline up the x-height line again.

I'm going to go anti-clockwise, all the way up to the descender line, form a letter D, finish with a lead out, and then I'm going to go back to dot the I.

Let's try that again.

Ready, we start at the x-height line.

Form a letter I, there's my join.

Baseline, up to the x-height line.

Form the letter D.

Finish up with the lead-out, and go back to dot the I.

Let's try one more time.

There's my I, here's a join, baseline, up to the x-height line.

Form the D, go around anti-clockwise.

Finish with a lead out, and dot the I.

I'm going to show you how to form the first joined I-G.

I'm sitting comfortably.

My pen is in a tripod grip.

And the same, ready, line, go.

Put my pen at the x-height line.

And begin my I.

Then to join, I'm going to go from the baseline, up to the x-height line.

Form the G, go around anti-clockwise.

And then, I'm going to form a lead out loop from the descender line, up to pass the baseline, and dot the I.

Let's try that again.

Start at the x-height line.

Form the I, and here's my join for the baseline, up to the x-height line.

Then, I'm going to go anti-clockwise to form my G.

And then, I'm going to form a lead out loop going from the descender line to pass the baseline, and dot the I.

One more.

I, there's a join, baseline to the x-height line.

Anti-clockwise, form my G.

Lead out loop, dot the I.

Check for understanding.

Select the correct join.

Which of these IDs is the correct one? Pause the video while you decide.

Well done if you selected the one in the middle.

We have go the join go from the baseline up to the x-height line.

And the D finishes with the read out.

Select the correct join between the I and the G.

Which of these ones is it? Pause the video while you decide.

Well done if you selected the first one.

We got the join, go from the baseline, to the x-height line, and both these letters are reaching up as high as the x-height line.

For your task, I would like you to practise the first join I-D.

Go over the grey examples, first of all.

Then, try using the starting dot, and then complete two lines independently on your tramlines.

After that, I'd like you to practise the first join, I-G.

Go over the grey examples.

Try using the starting dot.

And finally, complete two lines independently on your tramlines.

Enjoy everyone, over these first joins, and I'll see you when you're finished.

Pause the video here.

It's good to see you again.

How did you get on with this first join? I'm really curious.

Did you start on the x-height line? Did you join from the baseline to the x-height line? Did you keep your pencil on the page for the join? Circle your best join and celebrate.

For the next part of our lesson, we will look at the first join, E-D and E-G.

Here they come.

Let's look closely at these examples of our first join.

Hm? What do you notice about the E-D? What do you notice about the E-G? What can you see? Tell someone nearby and pause the video here.

Did you spot that the D has a lead out? Did you spot that the G has a lead out? In fact, it's gonna be a loop virtually lead out.

Very interesting.

The two letters are joined together.

Should we find out more about this join? The first letter starts just below the x-height line.

It's kind of between the x-height line and the baseline.

The join starts at the baseline, and it goes up to they, yep, well-done, the x-height line.

You don't lift your pencil in forming the join.

That's the whole point of the join, is that we keep going, we keep moving, we keep our pencil on the page.

And the last letter has a lead out.

The letter G has a lead out loop from the descender line to the baseline.

Here's Isha to remind us the first join is from the baseline to the x-height line, like so.

Thank you, Isha.

It is time to have some fun.

You're going to forming the joins in the air.

I'm going to go first, E-D.

And then, it's your turn.

And then, E-D and your turn.

Okay, here I go.

I'm going to begin by placing my pencil in between, my imaginary pencil, in between the x-height line and the baseline.

So, halfway between.

And then, I'm going to form my letter E.

And then to join, I'm going to go from the baseline, I'm going to keep going up the x-height line.

And then, I'll go around anti-clockwise, form my letter D, and I'll finish with a lead out.

Oh yes, that looks good, if I say so myself.

All right, your turn.

E-D, ready.

Let's start between the x-height line and the baseline.

Form your letter E.

And then to join, you're going to go from the baseline, up to the x-height line.

Keep your pencil on the page, form the letter D, anti-clockwise, all the way up, down, and lead out.

Oh, that looks great.

Let's do one more.

In between the x-height line, and the baseline.

Let's go, let's form a letter E.

Then to join, keep your pencil going from the baseline to the x-height line.

Go anti-clockwise, form the letter D.

Finish with a lead out.

Oh yes, it looks good.

Okay, my turn for E-D.

I'll start the E in the same way.

In that starting position, between the x-height line and the baseline, form my letter E.

Then to join, I'll keep going, keep my pencil on the page.

From the x-height, baseline to the x-height line.

Then you go anti-clockwise.

Form my letter G, and then, I'm going to form a lead out loop.

Going to follow the descender line to just past the baseline.

Yep, I like the look of my E-D.

How about your E-D? Let's do it.

Ready? Form the letter E.

And keep going from your baseline to the x-height line, for you to join.

Form the letter G, finish with a lead out loop, from the descender line to the baseline.

One more.

Ready? Form your letter E.

And then to join, go from the baseline, up to the x-height line.

Go anti-clockwise, form your letter G.

Down to the descender line, make a loop that finishes above the baseline.

Oh, yes, I like them.

Well done, everyone.

I'm going to show you how to form the first join, E-D.

I'm sitting comfortably, my pen is in the tripod grip, and I say ready, line, go.

And I put my pen in the middle in between the baseline and the x-height line.

And, I'm gonna form my letter E.

And then to join, I'm going to go from the baseline, up to the x-height line.

And then, I'm going to go anti-clockwise to form the letter D.

And, I'm going to finish out with a lead out.

Let's try that again.

Begin in this position in the middle.

Form a letter E.

Then to join, I'll go from the baseline, up to the x-height line.

Go anti-clockwise to form the D.

Finish with the lead out.

Let's try one more.

Ready, line, go, form my E, as we join, baseline to the x-height line.

Anti-clock wise, all way up, form the letter D, finish with the lead out.

I'm going to show you how to form the first join, E-G.

I'm sitting comfortably.

My pen is in the tripod grip.

And I'm going to say to myself, "Ready, line, go." And I put my pen in the middle, in between the x-height line and the baseline, and form my letter E.

To join, we go from my baseline, up to the x-height line.

Now, I'll go anti-clockwise to form my letter G.

And then, I'm gonna finish with a lead out loop from the descender line to just above the baseline.

Let's try again.

Ready, line, go.

Form my E.

And then to join over from the baseline, up to the x-height line.

I'll go around anti-clockwise to form the G.

And I'll finish with my lead out loop, from the descender line to just above the baseline.

One more.

E, there's a join baseline to the x-height line.

Anti-clockwise, and finish with that lead out loop.

Check for understanding.

Select the correct join.

Which of these EDs is formed correctly? Pause the video while you decide.

Well done if you selected the E-D in the middle.

That one has got the join coming from the baseline all the way up to the x-height line.

And the D has a lead out.

Select the correct join between the E and the G.

Hm? I wonder which one could it be? Pause the video while you decide.

Well done if you selected the E-G above the C.

This one has go the join going from the baseline up to the x-height line.

And the G has got a lead out loop from the descender line to above the baseline.

For your task, I would like you to practise the first join, E-D.

Go over the grey examples to begin.

Then, try using the starting dot, and next complete two lines independently on your tramlines.

After that, I'd like you to practise the first join, E-D.

Go over the grey examples, try using the starting dot.

And finally, complete two lines independently, confidently, flowingly on your tramlines.

Pause the video here, and I'll see you when you're finished.

It's good to be back with you.

I wonder how did you get on with these joins? Did you join from the baseline to the x-height line? Did you keep your pencil on the page for the join? Was your movement smooth? Circle your best join and celebrate.

In our lesson, the first join, I-D, I-G, E-D and E-G with no lead in, we have covered the following.

Cursive handwriting involves joining letters together.

Cursive letter joins refer to how the letters connect together.

The first join goes from the baseline to the x-height line.

The letters are formed by following the right starting point and direction.

You do not lift your pencil when following the join.

The dot for the letter I, gets added once the letter string is complete.

I would like to say really well-done to you for how you've joined in with this lesson.

I think this is a big moment, beginning with our first join.

And I'm really, really thrilled with how you got on.

And I can't wait to see you for the next lesson.

Bye for now.