English · Stage 1
Forming More Letters
Writing — the confusable letters (b/d, p/q, m/n) and the tall & tail letters
✦ English📘 Stage 1 · S1⏱ ~10 min🧒 Ages 5–6★ Free to start
form lower- and upper-case letters correctly, telling apart the easily-confused letters (b/d, p/q) and the tall and tail letters
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Kavi's Mixed-Up Letters
Kavi was writing his name when two letters tried to trick him — the b and the d look like twins in a mirror! "Don't worry," Kavi hooted, "I know a secret. Think of a bed 🛏️ — the b faces one way and the d faces the other. Let's learn which letters stand tall and which ones have a tail!"
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What your child will learn
1Tall, tail, or small?Letters are not all the same size. Some reach up to the sky line, some dip down below the line, and some sit neatly in the middle. Tap each one to hear Kavi explain.
2Does it reach up, or dip down?
3Does it start with b or d?
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A peek inside
How do we write a lower-case b?
tall stick down → ball at the bottom, facing forward
Try this at home: Does the letter 'h' reach UP (tall) or dip DOWN (tail)?
Ready to play and learn?
Start the free interactive lesson, or print the handout for screen-free play.
Part of English · Stage 1 · S1 on KAVI Academy — a secular, whole-child learning platform for ages 5–12.