Looking for letter writing worksheets for children

Counting_Pennies_2 · 12 January 2011 at 9:18PM

Kumon books are great, don't cost much.

LJM · 13 January 2011 at 11:34AM

i agree with the phonics books from elc i have used them for both my girls, and they are normally on 3 for 2 as well, though if you know how they write at school i mean if you can do the letters the same way you can make your own i have and used highlighter pens to write the letters which they then followed with pencil.

ethelsmum · 13 January 2011 at 11:39AM

Poundland had some in the other day - maths ones as well.

LJM · 13 January 2011 at 11:44AM

oh yes forgot about poundland they are good ones from there

miss_t_2 · 13 January 2011 at 4:07PM

ottytotty wrote: »

Hi,

was wondering if anyone could help me.
I am looking for writing practice worksheets for a 4 year old, the ones where they trace the dots to form letters then progress along the line to writing it themselves, hope I have explained that clearly enough!
I was hoping to find some free online that I could print off and practice but have hand no luck in my searches so far.

Thank you

Hi,

I don't often post - normally just have little look on here, but thought I would today as have just the thing that ticks all of your boxes (I hope!)

http://www.senteacher.org/Worksheet/35/Handwriting.xhtml

You can change the font type to dotted on the right hand side of the screen to give you the dotted join up effect. As you have a 4 yr old you might also want to try

http://www.senteacher.org/Worksheet/17/Handwriting.xhtml

which will help them to develop fine motor skills.

I hope it helps?

Gingham_Ribbon · 13 January 2011 at 5:09PM

Tracing paper is useful too. And aquadraws and megasketchers.

Alikay · 13 January 2011 at 5:17PM

You can write your own words in yellow highlighter and then let your child go over with a normal HB pencil. That way they can put their own words with a picture, write their name etc.

rachbc · 13 January 2011 at 5:54PM

I just writing in yellow pen and and dd copies over - its insant and she sees what I'm doing and learns from that too - my mil was a head of early years and suggested this method over all the online resources so if its good enough for her its good enough for me!

bylromarha · 13 January 2011 at 5:57PM

Don't get hung up on buying things in - creating them yourself is dead simple if you have a few minutes. Yellow highlighters, lined paper and a pencil is all you need.

stumpycat · 13 January 2011 at 6:22PM

It's also good to make the letters physically - for example, writing them in sand or on a textured surface using a finger. That can get their brain used to making the shapes of the individual letters and can also help when it comes to joining them up.