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Where letters sit on the line
Which letters are tall, which sit on the line and which have tails. Little Roos has 1 free game that practise it, for ages 4-8.
Where it fits
In the Early Years Learning Framework V2.0 (birth to five) and the Australian Curriculum v9 (Foundation to Year 2), with the official wording:
- AC9EFLY08 (Australian Curriculum v9: English, Foundation): form most lower-case and upper-case letters using learnt letter formations.
- AC9E1LY08 (Australian Curriculum v9: English, Year 1): write words using unjoined lower-case and upper-case letters.
Games that practise it
- Sky Grass Dirt: Where a letter sits on the line — up in the sky, down in the dirt. Ages 4-8.
Away from the screen
About two minutes each, with things most homes have.
Tall, small and dangly (from Sky Grass Dirt)
- Say a letter and hold up your hands to show where it lives.
- Hands up high for a tall letter (b, d, h, l), in front of your tummy for a small one (a, c, o), down low for one with a tail (g, p, y).
- Take turns saying the letter.
Things to ask while they play
- Does this letter reach up to the sky?
- Which letters have a tail that goes down into the dirt?
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