Key learning points

1. The letters are formed by following the right starting point and direction.
2. The fourth join goes from the x-height line up towards the ascender line.
3. The letters l and h reach up to the ascender line. The letter t reaches between the x-height line and the ascender line.
4. You do not lift your pencil when joining until the letter string is complete.
5. The cross for the letter t is added once the letter string is complete.

Keywords

• Join - how things connect

• Lead out - the stroke or line that guides us to smoothly finish a letter

• Ascender line - this is the top line of the tramlines

• X-height line - the line that x-height letters reach

• Letter string - a group of letters that are written together in a word

Common misconception