Helping a child learn to write is a lot of fun. There are a few things you can do to help your student learn to write. First, make sure you help your child hold their pencil correctly. We have a fun Alligator trick that works well and children love for helping a child hold their...
9 fun visual motor warmups on one page to perform before Handwriting activities. ...
Free printable lined handwriting paper to practice writing in kindergarten, first and second grade. Several designs to choose from!
Teaching young children to form letters properly is an important skill. Check out these correct letter formation tips from occupational therapists!
Students who need extra practice with basic skills will benefit from this number writing practic sheet. Download your free printable copy today.
Free Printable Lined Paper {Handwriting Paper Template}. Kindergarten writing paper. Blank lined writing paper for handwriting practice.
Here's how to decide if the Handwriting without Tears preschool program is right for your child. The most important thing to keep in mind is...
Handwriting Without Tears Preschool Printables equips you with a child-friendly approach to developing early writing skills. Through engaging worksheets and activities, your preschooler learns to master letter formation, a crucial stepping stone in reading and writing fluency.
Did you know that great handwriting skills are crucial to kids’ success throughout their years in school? Writing skills are part of the foundation to
Seven pencil control worksheets to help build important handwriting skills needed for writing. Download your free worksheet pdfs!
You may have heard on our social media channels or via our newsletter that we have an exciting new series planned here on The OT Toolbox. Over the next month, you will find strategies, tools, and tips to teach cursive handwriting. This cursive writing series is designed to provide many different ideas for helping kids ... Read more
FREE CURSIVE HANDWRITING WORKSHEETS (instant download)
The 2012-2013 school year was our first year homeschooling. I had a 5 1/2 year old and a just turned 4 year old and we were doing My Father's World Kindergarten curriculum. I loved the Biblical integration along with the phonics and science instruction, and the gentle introduction of math concepts through daily activities. There was only one thing I didn't love - the handwriting instruction, or, in my opinion, the lack thereof. While it included practice pages for each letter, along with instructions for how to form each letter, these were grossly inadequate for my child, who rarely picked up a crayon to color, and who's writing and drawing ability included drawing a line and a circle. He had never been to preschool. He was such a busy child who learned plenty through playing. He knew his letters and sounds before he was two years old. But he was never interested in coloring or drawing, and I never pushed it. I knew he'd learn to write in Kindergarten, and I was fine with waiting until then. However, once we started Kindergarten, I knew he needed more instruction. The curriculum, which began with practicing writing the letter S in the first week was NOT the recipe for his writing success. Immediately, I knew he needed an introduction to writing on three lines, and he needed to start by writing horizontal, vertical, and diagonal lines on those three lines. As a third grade teacher I had used Zaner-Bloser handwriting curriculum, so I went to their website and ordered samples of their Kindergarten and First Grade books. Upon receiving them, I was happy to see that they began with learning to write horizontal, vertical and diagonal lines. From there it progressed to the letters L, I, T, etc. I could see right away that this was much more developmentally appropriate. However, the directions for teaching were still boring. It used the terms "horizontal, vertical, and diagonal" - new terms for my children who were also learning a new fine motor skill. I was looking for cute, kid-friendly descriptions...maybe even pictures of letter and numbers turned into characters to help children remember their formation. I remembered learning that kind of thing as a child who was learning to write. I searched the internet but didn't find what I was looking for....until I found Handwriting Without Tears. It had hands-on teaching materials that taught the components of writing, with child-friendly vocabulary (Big Line, Little Line, Big curve, little curve). For lower case letters, fun descriptions included phrases like "dive down," "magic c," "Slide down," and "Up like a helicopter." It also gave instructions which would help eliminate reversals, which is something my four year old was doing. However, by the time I was convinced it was what I needed, we were done with Kindergarten, and my child had already learned to write, for the most part. However, I like the HWT approach as it transitions into cursive writing, so I decided it was worthwhile to go back and teach HWT handwriting from here on out. However, I didn't want to purchase all their materials, so I found some ways to do it myself at home, with homemade materials and free printable from the internet. I want to use this blog to share what I have done. Here is a downloadable sample of Handwriting Without Tears alphabet poster. However, this sample can be printed on regular copy paper and laminated - a perfect size for homeschooling or one-on-one tutoring! Using materials I already had, (construction paper, magnet tape, a compass, a ruler, scissors and a laminator) I created magnetic pieces that would fit on our small magnetic white boards. This mimics HWT's Wood Pieces for Capital letters, their magnetic pieces, and magnetic board. These materials, along with their other hands-on products can be seen here. Homemade laminated letter pieces on our white board. Magnet tape on the back of the letter pieces. In place of HWT's chalkboards, I also created small white boards for teaching and practicing capitals and lower case. I used a 3 1/2 x 5 photo frame for the capitals, and a 5x7 photo frame for the lower case. These handwriting without tears products can be found here for capital letter board and here for lower case lettter board. Then, I found free printables to help with the teaching terms here. I put them, along with free printable practice pages I found online such as this one in plastic sleeves and bound them together with rings. I have also found the videos on HWT's website and on you tube to be very helpful in explaining their teaching methods. We enjoyed doing the Mat Man activity with my homemade pieces. (See this video). This also helped my oldest who couldn't seem to get beyond drawing people with arms and legs coming out of their heads! Mat Man pieces store in a plastic sleeve Our "Mat Man" I plan to purchase the workbooks and teacher's books on grade level, but for now I can get started with these items! (Update: I still haven't purchased the books, but am using these homemade materials with success!).
Common handwriting problems like spacing, letter formation, sizing, illegible writing impact learning for students. Here's how to help.
Searching for tips and tricks to help older students fix letter formation? Here is a list of tried and true letter formation practice ideas to help your students get those letters fixed!
Charlotte Mason homeschool blogger Larissa shares how to teach handwriting the Charlotte Mason way. Read more now.
A capacidade que o corpo tem de desenvolver um movimento é chamada de coordenação motora. Pular, correr, andar, saltar ou realizar tarefas que exijam maior habilidade, como segurar um lápis, bordar, desenhar, recortar, tudo isso exige de nós coordenação motora. Podemos classificar a coordenação motora de duas maneiras: coordenação motora grossa e a coordenação motora fina. Na coordenação motora grossa, verificamos o uso de grupos de músculos maiores e o desenvolvimento de habilidades como correr, pular, chutar, subir e descer escadas, que podem ser desenvolvidas a partir de um plano sistemático de exercícios e atividades esportivas. Quando se tem deficit nessas habilidades, verificamos dificuldades, por parte principalmente de crianças, em praticar atividades esportivas, o que acaba causando baixa autoestima. Na coordenação motora fina, verificamos o uso de músculos pequenos, como os das mãos e dos pés. Ao desenhar, pintar ou manusear pequenos objetos, a criança realiza movimentos mais precisos, delicados, e desenvolve habilidades que a acompanharão por toda a vida. As atividades abaixo podem ser feitas a lápis, com hidrocor, giz de cera, giz colorido molhado, pincel com tinta, dedinho molhado na tinta etc. AMPLIE ESTA IMAGEM ANTES DE SALVAR
A Proverb a Day Handwriting Practice is a downloadable and printable set of handwriting pages that uses meaningful proverbs instead of arbitrary sentences.
When visual perceptual skills interfere with handwriting, students can be limited in copying skills, placing letters and words on lines, and in given spaces on worksheets. There are other red flags related to visual processing and handwriting. These challenges really impact legibility, letter reversals, letter size, and overall neatness of handwriting. While parents and teachers ... Read more
These flashcards and full page activities can be used with your wooden HWT set or with the printable letter builders provided. This set includes printable lowercase letter builders. A great tool to use while teaching literacy. Children will strengthen their letter recognition and letter formation skills! Unfortunately, Etsy does not allow files this size. You will receive a link to my ❤️DROPBOX ❤️where you can save the activity to your device. This extra step should only take a minute (maybe less) but if you feel more comfortable having me email you the content directly please, send me a private message. I’m always happy to help 🤗 All you have to do is print, laminate, cut and hole punch if you wish to keep them in metal rings. This is a PDF, you will not receive a physical copy. This and all activities sold by this shop are for personal, therapy, and classroom use by the person who purchased them. Not for commercial use. If you have any questions or run into any difficulty downloading from Etsy, please, send me a message and I can email you the file. Thank you so much for your support!
Madeleines is a cute handwritting font by BebeminzeFont. What's included? - iPad installation guide - Madeleines.OTF/Madeleines-Bold.OTF * Uppercase Characters * Lowercase Characters * Numbers and Punctuations * Accent Characters for diverse language support You can use this font in various projects. (Limited Commercial & Personal Use) - Note-taking - Social media posts - Logo & Branding - Stationery - Greeting cards - Photo albums - Posters - Physical products such as mugs, t-shirts - Decorations and much more! You are NOT allowed to: - Sell/redistribute (even for free) these files in any way - Modify the font and sell it as your own - Digitize the font and sell it as an embroidery/a .svg font - Use this font in e-publications or apps - Sell as individual alphabet stickers or handwriting practice sheets - Upload the font to Corjl/Templett (PLEASE CONTACT ME DIRECTLY REGARDING THIS TYPE OF USAGE) If you have any questions or concerns regarding this font, feel free to contact me through Etsy messages :) Thank you! Please note that ALL SALES ARE FINAL (no refund) due to the fact that DIGITAL DOWNLOADS are not returnable.
Boost your child's handwriting skills with our name tracing generator. Create personalized name tracing worksheets and make writing fun and engaging for your child
