About This Book The Excel Basic Handwriting Skills series aims to help primary-aged children develop neat, legible and fluent handwriting through structured and appropriately sequenced handwriting practice and revision activities that incorporate literacy learning. Handwriting practice is provided against the background of phonics, spelling, reading and vocabulary. In this book you will find: ✓ Practice for joining letters in cursive handwriting ✓ Practice words drawn from the 1000 most common words used in writing ✓ Practice pages that include reading comprehension activities ✓ Development of neat, legible and fluent handwriting ✓ Revision pages that include rhyme challenges and word-family challenges ✓ Tips and advice for parents on how to troubleshoot a wide range of handwriting issues
