Circle Time Handwriting Without Tears...Making Mat Man

We listened to the story Mat Man this morning, which kicked off our handwriting curriculum. The flat wooden shapes that we used to create interesting shapes earlier in the day are used to create upper and lowercase letters. The mat that serves as Mat Man's body is the mat that we use to make our letters on. This curriculum is based on research that indicates that multi sensory hands-on instruction works best in early childhood. Today our activity challenged the children think about placing certain shapes in specific positions. Sometimes it took a couple tries to get Mat Man just right.