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title: "Handwriting & Transcription"
description: "6 topics in English, in the order they build on each other."
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# Handwriting & Transcription

6 topics in English, in the order they build on each other.

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- [Sitting, pencil grip and lowercase letters](https://lightmysky.com/learn/english/sitting-pencil-grip-and-lowercase-letters-mt_WBfj79OqXz): Sit correctly at a table holding a pencil comfortably and correctly; form lower-case letters in the correct direction starting and finishing in the right place
- [Forming Capital Letters](https://lightmysky.com/learn/english/forming-capital-letters-mt_H7DquwQi_F): Form capital letters correctly; print many upper- and lowercase letters legibly
- [Letter formation families](https://lightmysky.com/learn/english/letter-formation-families-mt_DMvKfP4uGC): Group lowercase letters by shared pencil movements in the handwriting style being practised, and practise letters in those groups.
- [Writing digits 0-9](https://lightmysky.com/learn/english/writing-digits-0-9-mt_oAK9GXSfqV): Form digits 0-9 correctly and legibly
- [Joining Letters](https://lightmysky.com/learn/english/joining-letters-mt_02DH7sGXCi): Begin to join letters using diagonal and horizontal strokes, understanding which letter pairs are best left unjoined, forming letters of correct size relative to one another
- [Writing Legibly at Speed](https://lightmysky.com/learn/english/writing-legibly-at-speed-mt_2M-7dIhJOy): Keep handwriting readable when the writing has to keep up with thinking, listening or a clock. Decide which joins to keep, which to drop, and when to slow down because the reader is somebody else.