Fresh Phonics

Here is my top 5 tips to help improve your childs handwriting from preparation to praise.  This should give you some ideas.

http://ezinearticles.com/?5-Tips-to-Help-Your-Child-Improve-Handwriting&i…

In front of me I have a laptop, a mouse and beside that a pen and paper.  Even in this digital age I think, remember and work with a pen and paper.

The need to write will always be there but the beautiful curved, cursive handwriting of your grandmother I believe is in danger of dying out.  

Penning a letter for a reader other than yourself.  Could you imagine applying for a job without a printed letter?

Let me know what you think.

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Handwriting is a complex skill that combines fine motor control, posture and a plethora of rules and details.

In primary education handwriting is your child’s means through which they express their thoughts, ideas and knowledge.

Your child’s written work will be used as a measurement of their progress, understanding and performance.  Teachers obviously use a range of metrics but even today the majority of signifcant education milestones; spelling tests, worksheets, exams require your child to put pen to paper.

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Happy new year.  

2011 was a great year for Fresh Phonics and we are going to kick off 2012 with a series of posts through January aimed to improve your child’s handwriting.

Tips, tricks, articles and resources. All the information you need to improve your child’s handwriting from spider-like scribbles to gorgeous rounded text.

Follow us on twitter @freshphonics for more tips and obviously take a look at Fresh Phonics

On “Programs and programming” I put together for my sons ICT class (7-8 year olds)

http://prezi.com/bt_kzc0ccqry/programs/

A big thank you for everybody that provided feedback and input during development.

Fresh Phonics started out as a project to teach my own children to read and write.  They love it and I hope your children do as well.

What are you waiting for?  Go to http://headspacesoftware.com and take a look for yourself.

Completing a worksheet involves reading words, writing letters and playing a letter-related activity.
There is plenty of variety across the 46 worksheets with activities including colouring, memory games, mazes and more.

In addition to completing worksheets Fresh includes 3 additional teaching activities.

The Digital Blackboard is perfect for practicing letter formation. The memory game is a bit of fun in which children can match the letters and words.  A children’s application would not be complete without a painting area.

Fresh Phonics is design for both American and English

Fresh Phonics is suitable to teach both English and American English.

Every effort has been made to ensure educational content is language neutral.  For example we have refrained from colouring in a football which looks like a soccer ball.

Likewise all text is localised.  Or should I say localized.  So that we display “Color” and not “Colour” if your Windows language is English (U.S.)!

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The books of the learning library have been left sad, neglected and all alone.  The pictures have faded and letters have been lost.

Select a theme to get started

We need YOU to work through each book colouring, reading and writing letters to complete the books and make them happy again.

Each book consists of 6 interactive themed worksheets introducing the letter sounds and the letter formation together.

This week we will* be celebrating the launch of Fresh Phonics with a series of blog posts to get you more familiar with what Fresh Phonics has to offer.
You already know that Fresh Phonics covers all 46 letter sounds of the English languages and will show your child how to correctly form the 26 letters of the alphabet.

Specifically we will be covering:

• Save the books!
• Fun and games
• Reading words
• Accessibility

(*There is no better motivation than publishing a deadline on the internet for the entire world to see.)