Why does the Spalding paper not have a “dotted line” between the solid lines?
A. Spalding paper does not have a dotted line because it is much harder for children who have not yet attained fine motor control to form letters that both touch the base line and touch a midline (text p. 15). They may be able to form quite a nice circle, but it is slightly larger or smaller than the halfway point. They still experience success for a nicely formed letter. Children who have no difficulty with motor control quickly learn to form circles without the line.
