Calligraphy
When the kids can show us they're consistently using a legible, fluent handwriting style, they get to 'play' with calligraphy. I run mini teaching groups on how to hold the pen and some basic strokes, and we have guide sheets and books to help then learn different styles such as Italic, Sans Serif and Gothic (which is really hard but is always the one the kids most want to learn!)
If they really get into calligraphy I give them a little notebook to practise in, by copying in famous quotes, song lyrics, poetry, friends' names - whatever they're interested in. 'Doing' calligraphy is highy popular and a great incentive to develop a decent handwriting style.
You can download all the calligraphy quotes in the gallery below HERE (word doc)
You can download all the calligraphy quotes in the gallery below HERE (word doc)