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Numbers 0 to 9

Trace the numbers, then write them on the empty line underneath.

Name
0

Trace and Write — Number 0

Put your pencil on the dot and follow the dashes. Then write your own.

Name
Number 0
Count them — touch each one and say the number
nothing to count!
1

Trace and Write — Number 1

Put your pencil on the dot and follow the dashes. Then write your own.

Name
Number 1
Count them — touch each one and say the number
2

Trace and Write — Number 2

Put your pencil on the dot and follow the dashes. Then write your own.

Name
Number 2
Count them — touch each one and say the number
3

Trace and Write — Number 3

Put your pencil on the dot and follow the dashes. Then write your own.

Name
Number 3
Count them — touch each one and say the number
4

Trace and Write — Number 4

Put your pencil on the dot and follow the dashes. Then write your own.

Name
Number 4
Count them — touch each one and say the number
5

Trace and Write — Number 5

Put your pencil on the dot and follow the dashes. Then write your own.

Name
Number 5
Count them — touch each one and say the number
6

Trace and Write — Number 6

Put your pencil on the dot and follow the dashes. Then write your own.

Name
Number 6
Count them — touch each one and say the number
7

Trace and Write — Number 7

Put your pencil on the dot and follow the dashes. Then write your own.

Name
Number 7
Count them — touch each one and say the number
8

Trace and Write — Number 8

Put your pencil on the dot and follow the dashes. Then write your own.

Name
Number 8
Count them — touch each one and say the number
9

Trace and Write — Number 9

Put your pencil on the dot and follow the dashes. Then write your own.

Name
Number 9
Count them — touch each one and say the number

Getting Ready to Write

These are the shapes that letters are made from. Follow the dashes.

Name
Down — top to bottom, straight
Across — left to right
Corner — down, then across
Slant right — bottom to top
Slant left — top to bottom

Getting Ready to Write

These are the shapes that letters are made from. Follow the dashes.

Name
Cross — down, then across
Circle — start at the top, go all the way around
Zigzag — up and down without stopping
Waves — over and under, keep it smooth
Bumps — like little hills

Getting Ready to Write

These are the shapes that letters are made from. Follow the dashes.

Name
Valleys — the other way — dips, not hills
Rainbow — one big arch, left to right
Steps — up and along, like stairs
Loops — round and round without lifting
Bridges — up, over the top, back down
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My Body

Point to each one on yourself and say its name out loud.

Name
1Point to each on yourself
→
2Say its name out loud
→
3Count: write how many
eye
how many?
ear
how many?
nose
how many?
mouth
how many?
hand
how many?
foot
how many?
Do it on him, not the paper: point to his ear, then the picture.
☻☻

The People in My Home

Draw everyone who lives in your home. Then count them.

Name
How many people live here?
How many are grown-ups?
How many are children?
Who is the oldest?
Something we all do together:

Say Exactly What You Mean

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Name Date
DIRECTIONS: They did exactly what the words said. Write the last one so it can only mean one thing.
What was saidWhat they did — exactly as toldSay it so that cannot happen
Put the jam on the bread.Stood the jar of jam on top of the loaf.Spread two spoonfuls of jam onto one side of one slice.
Wash your hands and dry them on the towel.Washed the backs of both hands, for one second, in cold water.Wash the front, back and between the fingers with soap for twenty seconds.
Draw a line from the dot to the star.Drew a line that went all the way around the page first.Draw a straight line from the dot to the star.
Turn off the light when you leave the room.Turned it off, then walked out of a different door and left the other light on.
  1. Write an instruction of your own that could be followed two different ways. Then write the fixed one underneath it.
  2. The fixed instructions are all longer than the vague ones. Say why that keeps happening.

The Shape They Cannot See

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DIRECTIONS: Write how to draw this shape. Read it to someone who has not seen it. Words only, no pointing.
The shape — only you may look at this
Your instructions
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
What they drew

Pictures don’t match? Find the first place they differ, fix that instruction, and try again.

Comparing the Two Pictures

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DIRECTIONS: After they have drawn it.
  1. Which instruction went wrong first? Write the number, and what the other person thought it meant.
  2. Did you use the squares to count with? Say why counting squares is safer than saying "a bit further along".

Why Arrows

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DIRECTIONS: The same journey, written twice. Read both.
In words
  1. Go along a bit.
  2. Then go up.
  3. Now over to the star.
Three sentences, and about nine ways to obey them.
In arrows
Six arrows, and exactly one way to obey them.
An arrow has no second meaning. That is why computers are told things this way.
  1. Write, in arrows, how to get from your bedroom door to your bed. One arrow is one step.
  2. Which is easier to read, the words or the arrows? Which is easier to get right? Say whether that is the same answer.

What Arrows Cannot Say

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DIRECTIONS: Answer these.
  1. A recipe is written in words and it usually works. Why do you think that is, when "put the jam on the bread" did not?
  2. Arrows can only say four things. Write down one instruction you could NOT give a robot with just arrows.