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Penpals for Handwriting Foundation 1: Mark-Making and Creativity CD-ROM

Gill Budgell and Kate Ruttle

The Foundation 1 CD-ROM can be used alongside both Foundation 1 and Foundation 2 materials, as well as with any other handwriting scheme.

Penpals offers clear progression from Foundation 1 to Year 6, matched to Framework objectives. Penpals contributes towards the development of a successful writing classroom by supporting the direct teaching of handwriting and providing daily opportunity for practice.

Structured and unstructured mark-making practice on the interactive whiteboard.
Plenty of exciting speaking and listening opportunities.
Fine and gross motor skills development.
Suitable for use before and alongside any handwriting scheme.

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The Foundation 1 CD-ROM covers:

Developing gross motor skills
Developing fine motor skills
Pattern-making
Responding to music
Straight-line patterns
Loops
Circles
Angled patterns
Eights and spirals

"This is an exciting, innovative and well designed resource which targets an important and often neglected early developmental stage of handwriting."

BETT Awards 2009

PC: Microsoft® Windows® 2000/XP (SP 2)/Vista/7
Mac: OS® X v.10.3.9/10.4.9

Adobe® Reader® 8.1 (included on CD-ROM)

MSI package included for easy installation onto your:
RM® Community Connect® 3 network
Microsoft® Windows® Server 2000/2003 network

This title is part of our Penpals for Handwriting series:

Titles in this series

Title	Price	In your shopping list	Approval copy
Penpals for Handwriting Foundation 1: Mark-Making and Creativity CD-ROM ISBN: 9781845651725	$n/a
Penpals for Handwriting Foundation 1 Mark-making and Creativity Teacher's Book and audio CD ISBN: 9781845651718	$n/a
Penpals for Handwriting Foundation 2/Primary 1 CD-ROM ISBN: 9781845650100	$n/a
Penpals for Handwriting Foundation 2/Primary 1 Teacher's Book ISBN: 9781845651954	$n/a
Penpals for Handwriting Foundation 2/Primary 1 Big Book ISBN: 9780521755023	$n/a
Penpals for Handwriting Foundation 2/Primary 1 Practice Book 1 (pack of 10) ISBN: 9780521755009	$n/a
Penpals for Handwriting Foundation 2/Primary 1 Practice Book 2 (pack of 10) ISBN: 9780521755016	$n/a
Penpals for Handwriting Year 1/Primary 2 CD-ROM ISBN: 9781845650087	$n/a
Penpals for Handwriting Year 1/Primary 2 Teacher's Book ISBN: 9781845651961	$n/a
Penpals for Handwriting Year 1/Primary 2 Big Book ISBN: 9780521755054	$n/a
Penpals for Handwriting Year 1/Primary 2 Practice Book ISBN: 9780521755047	$10.50	Qty	Required
Penpals for Handwriting Year 2/Primary 3 CD-ROM ISBN: 9781845650094	$n/a
Penpals for Handwriting Year 2/Primary 3 Teacher's Book ISBN: 9781845651978	$n/a
Penpals for Handwriting Year 2/Primary 3 Big Book ISBN: 9780521755085	$n/a
Penpals for Handwriting Year 2/Primary 3 Practice Book ISBN: 9780521755078	$10.50	Qty	Required
Penpals for Handwriting Year 3/Primary 4 CD-ROM ISBN: 9781845650117	$n/a
Penpals for Handwriting Year 3/Primary 4 Teacher's Book ISBN: 9781845651985	$n/a
Penpals for Handwriting Year 3/Primary 4 Big Book ISBN: 9780521755115	$n/a
Penpals for Handwriting Year 3/Primary 4 Practice Book ISBN: 9780521755108	$10.50	Qty	Required
Penpals for Handwriting Year 4/Primary 5 CD-ROM ISBN: 9781845650124	$n/a
Penpals for Handwriting Year 4/Primary 5 Teacher's Book ISBN: 9781845651992	$n/a
Penpals for Handwriting Year 4/Primary 5 Big Book ISBN: 9780521755146	$n/a
Penpals for Handwriting Year 4/Primary 5 Practice Book ISBN: 9780521755139	$12.50	Qty	Required
Penpals for Handwriting Years 5/6 / Primary 6/7 CD-ROM ISBN: 9781845651060	$n/a
Penpals for Handwriting Years 5/6 / Primary 6/7 Teacher's Book with OHTs on CD-ROM ISBN: 9781845652005	$n/a
Penpals for Handwriting Font CD-ROM ISBN: 9781845652531	$n/a