Concept of Standing & Sleeping Line

How to teach Alphabets with Standing & Sleeping Line

A-L-P-H-A-B-E-T-S

The alphabets will be a combination of Sleeping, Standing, Slanting and curve lines. For example T is written with one standing and one sleeping line. B is a combination of a standing line and 2 bumpety lines.

Try to follow the sequence and teach the children accordingly.

Definetly kids will learn this alphabets very easily. Good Luck !

Sleeping Line

Sleeping line is the horizontal line.

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Standing Line

Standing line is nothing but a vertical line.


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Slanting Line (Slants)

Slanting is a line drawn with an angle just like a diagonal line.


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Curve Line (Curves)

Curve is nothing but a bumpety line.


(  and  )
Combination of 1 Sleeping and 1 Standing Line
L
T
Combination of more sleeping and standing
H
I
E
F
Combination of Slants
X
V
W
Combination of Slants and Sleeping
A
Z
Combination of Slants and Standing
K
M
N
Y
Combination of Standing / Slants with Small Curves
B
J
P
R
S
U
Big Curves
O
C
Combination of Lines and Big Curves
D
G
Q

Learning - Teaching Tips:

  • Give a Intro to alphabets with visual & oral.
  • Buy good Stencils in the market and practice stencil writing of lines shapes patterns alphabets
  • Tracing in wet sand
  • Practice on the white board with thick chalk grip / marker
  • Paper writing with soft handling pencils
  • Crayon Scribbling
  • Dots Connecting