R's Pirate Letters: Handwriting Storybook Lowercase Letter Formation

Treasure-seeking pirates are distracted by a new adventure. That leads them to start learning the valuable skill of handwriting. The first letters they learn are: r, n, m, h, b, p. This is the first book in the series Pirate Handwriting. Messy maps are hard to read. The pirates need to work on their letter formation. The lowercase letters are grouped in an Orton- Gillingham style to help improve muscle memory. The storybook style of letter instruction of this book pictures a sensory experience to stimulate the brain for learning and avoid common letter reversal errors. These letters are grouped by similar starting points and down strokes to speed up the handwriting process and improve letter print recognition for reading. The letter r, is the key to the common letter shape of this book. Paired with a fun and memorable story to engage the interests of young students the letter r is also a helpful wordplay to this pirate-themed letter formation series. Each book in the series uses a found object in the sand to help guide the pirates while making that group of letters. Special attention is paid to the vowel letters in the series. A colorful bird in the story points out this group of letters has no vowels. The perfect book to use with sand tray letters and the Montessori style of letter tracing. Four books in the series the next groups of letters are: C Pirate Letters - Second letter group: c, a, g, d, o, s, e i Pirate Letters - Third letter group: i, j, l, t, f, k, X Pirate Letters - Fourth letter group: v, w, y, x, z, u,