Like many primary school teachers, I have tried a variety of handwriting schemes with varying degrees of success. Having thought through many common challenges children face when trying to produce well-presented, legible written work, I have developed a simple scaffold that places a bubble either side of the line to support letter formation.

This simple scaffold provides a guide to consistently form cursive letters and ensure each letter is uniform in both height and width. Children are able to leave equal spaces between words and see clearly whether or not there is enough space at the end of each line for the next word they intend to write.

Believe it or not, the images shown are pieces of work produced by the same child less than a week apart.