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Write the letter g G

Watch Bramble draw it, then trace it with a finger. The numbers show which stroke comes first.

Watch Bramble draw the letter. Press Replay to watch again, then try it with your finger.

Lower case g

12

Round and back, then down the stick, and hook it round at the bottom.

Capital G

1

Curl round like a C, then a little bar going in.

Words to try

Tap a word to hear it. Then write the first letter of each one.

Letter family

g is in the Round-and-back family. See the whole family.

cadgoqesf

For grown-ups

Most of these letters start near the top on the right and travel anticlockwise round a curve, like a clock running backwards. Several then add a stick (a, d, g, q). Get the curve right and the rest follows.

What to look for. The commonest slip is a clockwise o, which then makes joining awkward later. Use a finger in the air or a sand tray before pencil. Check that a, d, g and q have a closed bowl and the stick touches it.

This is one clear, unjoined model. Your school will follow its own scheme, and the strokes may differ a little. Where they do, use your school's way. The grown-ups page has advice on posture, grip and left-handed writers.