One-armed robot letters
The one-armed robot letters are:
b, h, k, m, n, p, r
They always start by going straight down, up and over.
Most of these letters have a curve, except for the letter 'k'.
Watch: Forming one-armed robot letters
Learn how to write the one-armed robot letters b, h, k, m, n, p and r.
One armed robot letters always start by coming straight down. Like the ‘r’ here. Then they go up and over.
Other robot letters like ‘n’ use a similar technique. And ‘m’. Down, up, curve repeat is the easiest way to make these letters seem less alien.
‘b’ and ‘h’ stand tall above the other line dwellers. But the curve still comes in the same place.
Watch out though. Some of the longer letters might start above the line. Then surprise you with a dangler, like ‘p’.
There always has to be one however, that breaks the rules. There's no curves in ‘k’. Down, up, down.
No matter which of the one armed robot letters you choose, you've just got to follow the light.
Activity 1
Test your knowledge of one armed robot letters with this quiz.
Activity 2
See if you can spot all the one armed robot letters in this quiz.
Activity 3
Practise forming your one- armed robot letters correctly with this bitesize worksheet.
You can print it off or practise writing the letters out on a piece of paper.
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