The Foundation 1 Interactive introduces patterns and mark-making in the classroom and supports modelling and interactive learning for the whole class. Sky-writing and lesson warm-ups develop the fine and gross motor skills that are crucial for handwriting.

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The colourful and appealing Long-Legged Giraffe, Curly Caterpillar, One-Armed Robot and Zig-Zag Monster introduce children to letter formation in a fun and exciting way. Penpals Foundation 2 Teacher's Book consolidates the gross and fine motor skills developed at Foundation 1 and introduces the letter family approach. Supports Early Learning Goals for Communication and Language Development, Physical Development, Personal, Social and Emotional Development, Writing and Expressive Arts and Design. It teaches children a fast and fluent handwriting style to help them achieve their potential in writing.Penpals Foundation 2 Teacher's Book includes suggestions for using the Foundation 2 Penpals for Handwriting Interactive resource, along with full differentiated planning for whole-class sessions for Foundation 1 and 2 children. Penpals is focused on whole-class teaching using digital resources to enable modelling and interactive learning, along with Practice Books and Workbooks to support independent work.

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Penpals for Handwriting is a complete handwriting scheme for 3–11 year olds, offering clear progression through five developmental stages. Suitable for representing hand written letterforms, they are now used worldwide for the teaching of phonics, reading and handwriting. In addition, a scope and sequence chart, photocopy masters and writing mats for left- and right-handers are included.Penpals Foundation 1 Interactive supports Early Learning Goals for Communication and Language Development; Physical Development; Personal, Social and Emotional Development; Writing; and Expressive Arts and Design. Kinaesthetic practice with sky writing and tracing patterns to help children with pencil flow A gallery featuring samples of children’s mark-making and handwriting for discussion with your class. The Foundation content is in line with the EYFS Framework and the Year 1–6 content supports frequent, discrete and direct teaching of handwriting for 5–11 year olds, as required by National Curriculum 2014.