[illinoismommy]

From the FAQ's "A child learns the physical skills of learning to write, first by perfectly forming each letter, and later by copying sentences or paragraphs. In the beginning, copywork is no more than letter practice - the child works on forming letters perfectly, with the emphasis on neat, accurate formation--quality rather than quantity. A Year 1 child should do only as much as he can do neatly in ten minutes, perhaps only a single word, or a few examples of one letter, such as "a." Some children may not have sufficient muscle coordination to begin writing until 7 years old."

I believe CM covers it in book one. Best to have them form a few perfect letters. However lessons do not begin before 6. We have used HWT in the past to form perfect letters when he wanted to learn how, we are not doing it now, but we will be starting again soon.