Teaching handwriting

We have Printable Handwriting Worksheets for Kids! I am excited to add a new bundle of helpfulness and fun! When teaching a child to write...

A clever classroom trick to help children learning to write inside lines

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Tips for teaching cursive writing to children, as well as why it's a great idea to teach cursive writing first (before teaching printing)

This graph paper handwriting tool is an easy way to teach kids how to place letters with appropriate letter spacing, letter size, and line awareness when writing. We’ve shared how to use graph paper for therapy including many OT goal areas in the past, but this letter spacing activity is a hit for working on ... Read more

Free printable lined handwriting paper to practice writing in kindergarten, first and second grade. Several designs to choose from!

There is so much you can learn about a student’s phonics skills just from looking at writing samples. One of the big “ah-ha” moments from my Phonics First training (Orton-Gillingham based program) was when the trainer said that a student has not fully mastered a phonics rule until you see him/her use it in writing. […]

Handwriting Without Tears is a preschool handwriting curriculum designed to make it easier for kids to learn to write their capital letters. This program uses hands on manipulatives to teach the shapes of the letters which makes it great for kids who are working on their fine motor skills. In this review I share which components of the program we used as a family as well as our top 5 favorite manipulatives to use for handwriting practice.