Calligraphy for Kids: Volume 1 (Calligraphy Basics)

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Drawing then, is a critical tool that has the power to help children organise and process their thoughts, prepare for writing, communicate with others and retain information. We begin the task of writing creatively with the goal to conjure up a picture in the minds of our readers. Why not start with an image? It is a great way to encourage imaginative approaches to writing and therefore, we can transform our initial thoughts into well written content." Pretend you walked outside to find a sleeping dragon in the grass! Why is the dragon there? Is it a friendly dragon? What do you do? Write about it! If you could break a world record, what would it be? What do you think would be necessary to be able to break the world record? Do you find it easy to talk to people you don’t know? What are some ways you can start up a conversation with someone you have never met before? Is there a favorite tv show you like to watch? Write about your favorite character and why they are your favorite.

Here at Twinkl, we understand the significant challenges when it comes to giving your students the cross-curricular skills necessary to effectively respond, communicate and demonstrate their knowledge within specific subject areas. If you are looking for amazing ways to teach writing skills with your students, then you've come to the right place. It’s a heat wave! What do you do when the weather is hot? What are some of your favorite ways to stay cool? Do you think kids should be allowed to do the same things as adults? What things do you think kids should be able to do that only grown-ups can?

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Do you know any good jokes? What are some of your favorite jokes? What makes them funny? Do you think you could write your own? Pretend you are a writer for your city’s newspaper. Who would you like to interview for a news story and why? If you are teaching younger children, I recommend starting by having them make up stories orally, as this will be easier for them than writing them. You can even create group sessions in which kids collaborate to create a story together. As they gain confidence in their creative story telling, you can then start ask them to write it down." Holiday Traditions: How does your family celebrate the different holidays and events? What are some traditions you do each and every year? Who is your favorite person on the planet? What do you like most about that person? Get the Ad-Free Printable Version of These Prompts

Transactional writing, is essentially a collective term that refers to a range of non-fictional writing genres that aim to communicate with others for a specific purpose. Pretend that one day you are at your neighbor’s house and you notice a strange noise coming from the basement. You go downstairs to investigate to see a large machine running with many lights and buttons. Why is it there? Your school is having a field day and you are in charge of planning the activities and games. What types of activities and games would you plan for the event? Introduce a child to calligraphy, and you’ll open him up to a world of penmanship, which is especially important in a time when cursive writing is being eliminated from public schools ( Washington Post). Children will also learn to work with a dynamic and somewhat unforgiving drawing media and gain first-hand experience into the history of fancy writing. Your teacher has been acting mysterious lately. After school one day, you notice a weird green light shining through underneath the door of your classroom. What do you do? What is happening with your teacher?You are walking through the forest when one of the trees starts talking to you. What does it say? What do you do? In addition to adding elegance to any project, this free calligraphy template can also be super relaxing. One of the reasons that coloring is so mentally beneficial is because it promotes mindfulness. I think tracing the letters in this calligraphy printable does the same thing. Yes, you have to focus on tracing or drawing the letters (vs. whatever else is going on in your life), but these letters just sort of flow; you don’t have to be focused to the point of frustration, if that makes sense. Imagine your parents wake you up one morning to tell you they will take you to do anything you want to do for the whole day – you don’t even have to go to school or do your chores. What would you choose to do and why? It is also inextricably linked to our ability to convey critical responses. Having the ability to evidence their learning thus far, and to explore information uniquely, will be a key way to assess their abilities within a range of curriculum content. As a result, attainment and progress are much easier to follow, and enabling subject teachers to use prior learning as a basis for future planning and development.

Imagine the perfect treehouse or clubhouse for you and all of your friends as a place to hang out. Describe what it is like inside.

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You are given the challenge to drop an egg on the floor – without it breaking! What are some things you might try to make sure the egg won’t break? We’ve also created an engaging Me and My Name Calligraphy Worksheet. Help the children to write their own name in capital letters using a calligraphy-style font. When beginning calligraphy, students will need to use two pencils attached together with elastic bands. Using pencils is the best way to get an idea of form and movement. As part of our role as a teaching practitioner, it is our job to make learning and creative writing for kids, all the more inclusive as we navigate ways to enable all children within our care to be successful. Take a look here at Creativities for a wealth of information when it comes to teaching creative writing ideas to use with EFL/EAL students.

Tachikawa G Series Nib (this pointed nib is what we worked with in our workshop). A similar option is the Brause Pen Nib Split into two main tasks, the lessons begin with the more basic Roundhead alphabet. This is considered to be the easiest style for beginners. You are going incognito and need to hide to your identity so you aren’t recognized or discovered while you walk through the city. What type of disguise do you wear? What kind of car do you want to drive when you are older? Do you think learning to drive will be easy or hard?You walk outside to get your mail and your mailbox starts talking to you! What does your mailbox have to say? The great thing about calligraphy is that it can help KS2 learners to practise using the diagonal and horizontal strokes needed to join letters. It will also give them a better idea about which letters are best left without a join. Imagine your school is putting on a talent show. What act will you perform? What other acts will be in the show? Imagine you and your parents switch places for a day. Your parents are the kids and you are now in charge! What would you do?