Casey the Caterpillar

 

The story of Casey the Caterpillar now underpins The Magic Caterpillar Handwriting. It is a process to develop correct letter formation and is used worldwide now. It is not tied to any script because the language of the shapes remains constant, irrespective of what the stick or possum tail looks like in the completed letter.

Although The Magic Caterpillar Handwriting Process developed organically as a way to make learning easier for children, there is considerable research which has now been brought in behind it. The Magic Caterpillar Handwriting Process sits within a broader framework of literacy skills. Working best when taught as part of the entire literacy package, rather than as a separate “subject” at “handwriting time”, the process is also embedded into the continuum of developing gross and fine motor skills necessary for handwriting.

The Magic Caterpillar Handwriting Process is regarded as the “hub” of literacy as it brings together:

• Letter shapes
• Concepts of left to right and back to the margin (the tree trunk) and down to the next line (branch)
• The concept of letter and the concept of word
• Building up of automaticity of high frequency words
• The start of sentence writing.

All elements are taught through the process of learning to write and recognise the shapes that form letters.

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