Trace Letter S

S is a single stroke with one numbered dot, near the top on the right. The pencil curves over to the left like the start of a C, swings back across the middle, then curves round the other way and finishes at the bottom left.

It is the only capital that changes direction halfway through, and it is among the most reversed letters in the alphabet. A backwards S at four or five says nothing about a child except that they are four or five.

Call it a snake and trace the big one with a finger a few times, hissing. Sun, sock and snake begin with S. Bigger is easier here, so go over the top row twice if you can.