The Palmer Method of Business Writing · Lesson 47 · Part 8: w, x, v, h, y, J and I

43. Drills 51 and 52: small h and y

Goal: Your child writes small h as an l plus one hump of m, and small y as an upside-down h.

⏱ About 15 minutes · 6 steps

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You'll need

  • Wide-ruled lined paper (several sheets)
  • A sharp pencil or a smooth gel pen
  • The book open at today's page
  • A watch, clock or phone timer that shows seconds (only for the optional speed check)

What's in the book

Lesson 47 is drill 51, small h, and drill 52, small y.

The lesson, step by step

  1. Warm up

    About three minutes: compact ovals, then a line each of small o, small m and small l (drills 3, 11, 14 and 33).

  2. Look at the model

    Open the book page. Look at drill 51. The loop of h is a small l brought straight down to the line; the second part is one hump of small m. The first and last parts meet on the line in a point.

  3. Rows of h

    Three lines of h in groups of five. Count "1-2" for each h.

    Optional speed target: fourteen to fifteen groups of five a minute.

  4. Small y

    Study an inverted h, and if correctly made you will see that in that position it is small y.

    Turn the book upside down and look. Then three lines of drill 52, counting 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10 for each group of five.

  5. Gentle check

    Is the loop of h the same height as l? Does the loop of y go three spaces down, like g?

  6. Finish

    Write "hay" and "why".

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