A FIRST LESSON IN WRITING.
Ask Mama for a sheet of paper and a pencil.
Make a line like this I.
What letter is it like? It is like the letter I.
Now put another line across the top T.
What letter is that like? It is like T.
Now draw two lines thus L.
Now another two lines, thus V, and thus X.
Now three lines, thus N, now thus H, now F,
Now like this K, now A, now Y, now Z,
Now draw four lines, thus W, now M, now E,
Now make a ring O—like Mama's ring,
Now make a line I, add half a ring to it D.
Now make this P, now this B, now this R,
Now C, now G, now Q, now S, now U.
Here are all the large letters of the Alphabet.