starsdance Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 I am in the process of making up names of the children which will be laminated and put into the mark making area for them to copy. What font should I use? and should there be other words e.g. mummy, daddy, cat, dog etc? or just leave it at names? Sorry for all the questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsbat Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 I use comic sans for children to copy from and I have some word mats with simple words - an, in, the, it etc and then some common words such as mummy, Daddy etc. These mats are stuck to the mark making table as well as some numbers. I have lots of laminated words on the free choice trolleys too - not necessarily for them to copy but just so the environment is word rich 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stargrower Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 We use Sassoon fonts. They are very clear and simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Comic sans, Sassoon has to be bought whereas the other is free Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 National First Font and National Primary were ones I downloaded free from a free font site. I don't like Comic Sans' capitals, but the lower case are good. I look for an open 'a' and 'g' and hopefully a cursive 't' there are a few sites out there that offer free font downloads 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lashes2508 Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 we have this discussion often at preschool- personally feel comic sans is so last year but i made the mistake of finding a lovely font and then realised after printing all the names that the 'a' was like this and not what the children learn !! Leladwee is a nice font for documents but there are so many out there !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finleysmaid Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 my dyslexic daughter finds comic sans easy to read so i tend to stick with that....i have lots of parents with EAL so anything that makes it easier is good! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 we have this discussion often at preschool- personally feel comic sans is so last year but i made the mistake of finding a lovely font and then realised after printing all the names that the 'a' was like this and not what the children learn !! Leladwee is a nice font for documents but there are so many out there !! I must be so last century then as I hand write mine and then laminate them, I like them to look like 'normal' handwriting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildflowers Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Comic sans has a 't' without the bend. Leladwee has a 'g' with loops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catma Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Do you feed into any schools who have a style you may want to consider? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starsdance Posted August 23, 2013 Author Share Posted August 23, 2013 Didn't think of asking the school what they would prefer!! Have done it with Comic Sans for the moment and will ask them when we get back and if needs be can change it. Letters of our names aren't too bad but would prefer a more rounded y. I will look at the two recommended above. Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 feed into about 9 schools so not an option for me! they all do their own thing, very frustrating at times I use comic sans as already said easy to read but I have examples of different types of writing around my setting, children come across many font types anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catma Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 To be honest it's more about being able to do anti clockwise movements and retracing verticals - do that then you can usually do any style you encounter. Cx 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildflowers Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Comic sans have no 'joining tails' that many phonic programmes have, e.g. Letters and Sounds and Jolly Phonics, including the longer 'f' and bend on the 't', and the middle line of the 'e' is diagonal: e f t. I wonder if that confuses children. We have a girl who is going to a school where they do cursive writing from the start. There are so many ways to write cursive letters! http://www.cursivewriting.org/joined-cursive-fonts.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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