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Air Writing Alphabet book NEW Release

978-0-473-46320-5 My new book with flashcards pages and teacher notes on the back pages. The back cover has the reversed view of letters for a teacher to use as a reference. Order book Here Air Writing is a fun way to use play-based learning.  It is simple and a low prep activity.  There is one important thing to remember when using air writing:   when you are facing another person,  the view will look reversed to them.   It is the mirror effect.  Your right will be their left. So as a teacher, when I am facing a student, and they ask how do I make a letter h? I need to remember to turn the h backward, so they see the correct view. For me: it is a big stick down then bump to the left.  For them:  they see a big stick down and it bumps to the right.  ( the correct way) It takes a little bit of extra thought before making the letters. One letter at a time is easy! But w...

I Pirate Letters: Handwriting Storybook Book 3 of the Series By D. Passmore

  Now available on Amazon  Third book of the handwriting stories  for lowercase letter formation. Letters:  i, j, l, t, f, k. Treasure-seeking pirates want to start digging for their treasure. What they find in the sand leads them to start learning the straight line letters.  These letters are the third handwriting group they learn: i, j, l, t, f, k. The straight line letters follow the tracks of the little turtle hatchlings that are coming out of the sand.   I n this storybook, the lowercase letters are grouped to help improve muscle memory and indicate a common starting point. The pictures illustrate a sensory experience of writing in the sand to stimulate the brain for learning. With letters grouped by similar starting points and straight down strokes it can speed up the handwriting process and improve letter print recognition for reading. Images of the letters share the same shape to help avoid common letter reversal errors. Special attention to ma...

The Pirate Handwriting story book by D. Passmore

  This makes handwriting a fun adventure with easy-to-trace images that follow a logical pattern. Less letter confusion with b and d reversal problems solved. The colorful bird points out the all-important vowel sounds. Four books in one. The complete lowercase letter handwriting storybook collection. Find on Amazon. Treasure-seeking pirates find things in the sand to trace around. This is how they learn the new skill of handwriting. Pirate-themed word-play helps create a memorable and fun storyline, with playful use of the letters: r, i, c, and x. The similar grouping of letter shapes makes it easy for them to learn the four-letter groups quickly. Special attention is shown to the importance of the vowel letters. With the help of a chatty parrot, the story has incorporated a few vowel sounds. Each letter has a specific visual cue to demonstrate the correct letter starting point. The letters are organized in clusters to help correct letter reversal errors. Each book in the series s...