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Writing Beside Them

Four short lessons for helping a child write: hold the pencil and start at the top, one line a day, the page you write together, and spelling that grows.

For grown-ups, from what InkPals teaches children at Spark & Anvil.

  1. Lesson 1Hold the pencil, start at the top
  2. Lesson 2One line a day
  3. Lesson 3The page you write together
  4. Lesson 4Spelling that grows
At the table · a grown-up and a child

Write beside them

You'll need: two pencils and two sheets of paper.

  1. Sit side by side, each with a sheet.
  2. Each writes one line about today.
  3. Read your lines to each other.
  4. Choose one word from the child's line to look at together.

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