Supports Early Learning Goals for Communication and Language Development, Physical Development, Personal, Social and Emotional Development, Writing and Expressive Arts and Design.

Literacy | Early Literacy | Cambridge University Press

Penpals for Handwriting is a complete handwriting scheme for 3–11 year olds, offering clear progression through five developmental stages. It teaches children a fast and fluent handwriting style to help them achieve their potential in writing. Sky-writing and lesson warm-ups develop the fine and gross motor skills that are crucial for handwriting. Penpals uses a combination of DVD-ROMS for whole-class teaching and practice books and write-in workbooks for small group and individual work. Rosemary Sassoon, a designer for many years, has been mainly concerned with letterforms. Additionally she specialised in the educational and medical aspects of handwriting. After discovering that no one had found out what kind of letterforms children found easiest to read, she spent two years of research on the subject before designing the original Sassoon Primary typeface.