As young children progress from early mark making toward writing letters it can be tempting to push them toward tracing sheets and worksheets designed for handwriting practice. However, teaching handwriting without these tools can be a lot more fun!
I've previously written about the Developmental Stage of Drawing as I find these stages in development endlessly fascinating. I recently discovered the Developmental Stage of Writing. I love this chart below as it isn't about what age your child is, but rather where your child is developmentally. It can help us understand where our child is at and what stage they are going into. Source: First seen at Destination Kindergarten, also available at West Hartford Public Schools. My child has just turned four (48 months) and is Pre-Literate. He is in the Symbolic/Mock Letters stage but is also close to...
Over the past two weeks, I’ve been sharing some ideas on writing letters to your children for a future date. The first week, we discussed why it was important to share these stories with your children. Last week, we talked about the best ways to write these stories and store them so they wouldn’t getRead more
Get your little learners revved up for writing with these exciting printable Letter Road mats! With both uppercase and lowercase letter mats, they'll be
Practice fine motor skills with printable Camping Tracing Worksheets for preschoolers! Fun activity for Camping theme or summer.
Writing letters is a great way for children to practise their writing skills and penmanship in a practical and fun way. Here are 7 fun ideas to send mail.
A simple prewriting practice activity with Letter A! This free printable teaches letter formation and beginning writing skills to toddlers and preschoolers. #preschool #finemotor
These fine motor writing practice warm-up sheets provide children with pre-writing practice as well as exercise of small motor control to build dexterity. These are great when used as warm-ups to daily work, or just as extra practice or laminate and use with a dry erase marker for repeated use in a classroom setting. Your young one doesn't have to go straight into writing letters. You can start working with them on their fine motor skills before then. This will give them practice and help them gradually learn how to formulate letter shapes.
Is your child ready for Kindergarten? This post will help you decide plus free worksheets focused on kindergarten readiness skills like...
I've heard from so many of you that you want lowercase alphabet formation rhymes. Well today, I'm excited to share that they are DONE and ready to share with you! I spent a lot of
When children are at summer camp, parents have a new daily “to do”– write and send a letter or email to their camper! Because we’re not in the habit of writing letters to our kids much these days – with brief texts being the primary form of written communication between us and our kids –…
Try these letter reversal strategies to help kids who write letters backwards. Understand what's really going on behind letter reversals in writing.
Develop pre-writing and fine motor skills with this Trace the Pattern printable worksheet.
LEARN TO WRITE YOUR NAME It is so exciting when children become curious about how to write their name. I believe teaching them to write their name should be the first word they learn how to spell . It is personal, concrete and helps them realize that putting letters together in writing has me
Download this FREE printable writing paper for kids - complete with 20 different style sheets, including dashed line for little kids and and regular line for older kids. Great for creative writing, handwriting practice, or writing stories and letters.
Create Medieval Letters with our fun craft activity guide template. Buy art and craft supplies at Baker Ross, inspiring creativity
Students who need extra practice with basic skills will benefit from this number writing practic sheet. Download your free printable copy today.
Learn how to make sensory bags for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten students to practice writing, drawing, and creating on.
Last year I created a fun Letter Limerick and Poem pack for capital letters based on the amazing work of Dr. Holly... Dr. Jean's daughter. Here is what they look like! Then, you guys asked for a lowercase version. And Dr. Holly worked hard and created a lowercase set of limericks and poems. So I got busy and created a matching set of posters. And all these are perfectly free... no strings attached... grab the download and enjoy! Click on any of the pictures or {here} to grab these free Letter Limericks and Poems. Mary Amoson, Sharing Kindergarten http://sharingkindergarten.com/ http://www.facebook.com/SharingKindergarten Get a signature like this. CLICK HERE.
These printable alphabet tracing worksheets are great for preschool, kindergarten, and first grade. Each letter contains a solid letter, an object that starts with that letter, and seven dotted letters for tracing. These practice handwriting worksheets are in PDF format, easy to print, and fun to use! Lowercase Letter Tracing Worksheet Letters a-m Lowercase Letter Tracing Worksheet Letters n-z
Practice uppercase letters with alpahbet playdough mats. These playdough letter mats strengthen hand muscles while using play doh to roll and shape ABCs.
Jesus chooses and sends his 12 disciples preschool Bible lesson. Free printable for home or church. Includes worksheets, games, coloring pages, craft and more.
A writing template to help children when structuring text types.
Ultimate free writing printables for Pre-schoolers and reception aged children
Ultimate free writing printables for Pre-schoolers and reception aged children
This year for preschool we are part of a co-op preschool group. I put together name recognition activities for all the kids in the preschool. Here are the activities. Name sticks To make this activity. I got paint stick stirrers and used Mod Podge to glue the letters of the child's name on to the stick. Then used mounting tape to stick the letters onto the clothespins. Your child matches up the letters to spell their name. Name Block Matching This can be made in any word document or you could make make it easily be hand. Name Puzzles Here are free puzzles patterns for 4, 5, 6, and 7 letters names. You can either hand write your child's name or open in a word document to add your child's name Just right click on the each image, save and print. I recommend printing on cardstock paper so it is more durable 4 letter name 5 letter name 6 letter name 7 letter name Name Tracing You can download free front from this website to make these tracing cards in a word document. The font is called ABC Print Dotted. This is laminated and so it can be used over and over again. Name Path For this activity, you can use any word document and create a table. Then can choose what letters you want to use and what path to create to spell your child's name. This is also laminated so it is reusable. Progressive Name Tracing This idea is also part of the Preschool learning binder I put together. I download free front from this website to make this in a word documents. The names of the fonts are ABC Print Arrow, ABC Print Arrow Dotted, and ABC Print Dotted. All of these activities are stored in a laminated 9 x 12 folder. I used an X-acto knife to cut a slip in the top. I like this folder idea because it keeps things together and can be passed around easily to each home when it it our turn to teach preschool.
As with anything for kids, learning to write and practice name writing has to be fun! Making it a hands on experience can be so much more meaningful.
Looking for fun Preschool Zoo Theme Activities for kids? Check out these 16 Hands-On Preschool Zoo inspired Learning Activities and Crafts for Preschool or Kindergarten.
Do your students reverse their letters? Learn why students struggle with mirror writing and how to help them.
Build skills to learn how to write and have fun while doing it!
Seven pencil control worksheets to help build important handwriting skills needed for writing. Download your free worksheet pdfs!
Yesterday in my first grade religious ed class we talked about listening to God and then we started to get more in depth about Holy Week. But for today’s post I’ll talk about listening …
These editable name tracing printable worksheets make learning to write names so much fun! You only need to type in each students' name once and print!
Getting kids started writing STORIES in Kindergarten is not impossible! In fact, I have done this MANY times with my students, and I c...
Sending your grandchild a letter in the mail is a guaranteed way to make them feel loved. Learn how to make your letters to your grandchildren more fun, whether you are sending them across town or around the world. We’ve included a list of 40 fun things to send to grandkids in the mail.
For a couple of years, our family used the Prescripts series for penmanship and drawing practice. However, as one of our children progressed from Book 1: Introduction to Cursive Writing & Tracing to Book 2: Writing Cursive Words and Practicing Drawing Skills, we encountered quite a setback. There was such a huge leap from one book to the […]
Looking for hands on alphabet activities for your preschool or kindergarten students? These activities are sure to engage them and help them learn letters.
Free Alphabet Preschool Worksheets printable! Fun way for your children to learn the alphabet letters. Each page includes fun alphabet activities!
