The full colour layout of Writing Time F is designed to teach, consolidate and extend handwriting knowledge. Writing Time F covers the introduction to handwriting in a clear and structured way. The book includes:
- A unique, contextual code that helps students learn letter shapes
- The New South Wales Foundation Style font and lined guides for copying
- Songs to focus and engage young students
- Pre-writing patterns to develop fine motor skills
- Colourful warm-up activities that practise handwriting movements
- Teaching banners for reference and finger tracing
- Track, trace and copy activities that practise letter formation
- Sight words that put focus letters in appropriate contexts
- Letter references for left-handed students.
The full colour layout of Writing Time 1 is designed to teach, consolidate and extend handwriting knowledge. Writing Time 1 covers handwriting in a clear and structured way. The book includes:
- An engaging adventure context that makes handwriting fun
- Colourful warm-up artwork activities to get little hands moving
- Pre-writing patterns to develop fine motor skills
- Teaching banners for reference and finger tracing
- Visual discrimination activities to aid letter recognition
- Sight words that put focus letters in appropriate contexts
- Sentences to trace and copy to consolidate learning
- Extra challenges and art activities for fast finishers.
The full colour layout of Writing Time 2 is designed to teach, consolidate and extend handwriting knowledge. Writing Time 2 covers handwriting in a clear and structured way. The book includes:
- Revision of New South Wales Foundation Style alphabet using complex words and sentences
- Challenging activities that require higher-order thinking, including finding synonyms, building word families and completing number patterns
- Colourful art activities that enhance fine motor skills and keep students engaged
- An underwater adventure context that makes handwriting fun
- Teaching banners for letter reference and finger tracing
- Assessment for letter groups and numerals
- Letter guides for left-handed students.
The full colour layout of Writing Time 3 is designed to teach, consolidate and extend handwriting knowledge. Writing Time 3 covers handwriting in a clear and structured way. The book includes:
- Revision of New South Wales Foundation Style alphabet to reinforce basic skills
- Teaching banners with directional arrows for each join
- Clever handwriting practice activities to help make joins easier to understand, and reinforce fluency and accuracy of joins
- Word activities to familiarise students with key language concepts including spelling patterns, grammar, suffixes, word families, rhyming and more
- Fine motor art activities that provide challenging handwriting practice
- Posture, paper position and pencil grip reminders to ensure correct writing technique
- An adventurous jungle context that makes handwriting fun.
The full colour layout of Writing Time 4 is designed to teach, consolidate and extend handwriting knowledge. Writing Time 4 covers handwriting in a clear and structured way. The book includes:
- Australian Curriculum themed activities covering English, science and mathematics
- Fine motor art activities that provide challenging handwriting practice
- Revision of NSW Foundation Style alphabet to reinforce basic skills
- Clever handwriting practice activities to reinforce joining technique
- Explicit teaching of fluency and legibility skills including slope and spacing
- Introduction to more difficult joins
- Posture, paper position and pencil grip reminders.
The full colour layout of Writing Time 5 covers handwriting in a clear and structured way. The book includes:
- Australian Curriculum themed activities covering English, science and mathematics
- Fine motor art activities that provide challenging handwriting practice
- Revision of Exits and Entries to reinforce basic skills
- Clever handwriting practice activities to reinforce joining technique
- Practical techniques for improving fluency and legibility skills including slope and spacing
- Introduction to speed loops
- Alternative handwriting applications to help develop a personal handwriting style
- Speed trials to practise writing quickly and legibly
- Posture, paper position and pencil grip reminders.
The full colour layout of Writing Time 6 covers handwriting in a clear and structured way. The book includes:
- Australian Curriculum themed activities covering English, science and mathematics
- Fine motor art activities that provide challenging handwriting practice
- Revision of Exits and Entries to reinforce basic skills
- Clever handwriting practice activities to reinforce joining technique
- Self-assessment for improving fluency and legibility including slope and spacing
- Alternative handwriting applications to help develop a personal handwriting style
- Speed trials to practise writing quickly and legibly
- Posture, paper position and pencil grip reminders.
