Early handwriting activities for children who are just learning how to use a pencil
What worksheets are here?
In this category you will find multiple handwriting worksheets designed to develop pencil control skills. Although it says ‘early’ there are worksheets here designed for all ages and abilities.
Furthermore, to help you find the best resources for your child I have grouped handwriting skills into 4 easy levels. Here you will find Starter level worksheets.
Handwriting skill levels explained:
- Starter level – for children who are just beginning their handwriting journey. They know how to hold a pencil and are developing pencil control skills.
- Developer level – for children who can control their pencil movements, need to practice writing individual letters, are trying to write words and a few sentences.
- Accelerator level – for older children who can write sentences, paragraphs but need to work on letter size and spacing to improve letter legibility.
- Fine tuning level – for children and teenagers who can write legibly and are looking to increase their handwriting speed.
*We are all different and as a result, please use the age ranges as suggestions. Primarily, handwriting is about capturing a child’s imagination and interest. These worksheets will do this.
Whole & half simple shapes – draw shapes
Designed to help children understand the difference between whole and half shapes. There are 6 activity worksheets, 24 opportunities to draw different shapes. Handwriting skill: Starter + Developer level. Age range: 5 – 8 years.
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Learn how to draw monsters and write sentences
Learn how to draw monsters with an easy set by step guide. Once drawn let your child use their imagination to answer 6 questions relating to every monster. Handwriting skill: Developer + Accelerator level. Age range: 6 to 9 years.
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The Gardeners Mazes (Level 1)
Help a child develop essential pencil control skills by completing these gardeners mazes. Draw around 4 garden items before completing the mazes. Handwriting skill: Starter level. Age range: 5 to 6 years.
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The Gardeners Mazes (Level 2)
Develop essential pencil control skills further by completing level 2 of the gardeners mazes. Each page has 4 garden images to draw around & 2 different mazes. Handwriting skill: Starter level. Age range: 5 to 6 years.
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The Gardeners Mazes (Level 3)
This is the last in the series of the gardeners mazes. Each page asks child to complete 4 mazes and write the names of the winter, spring, summer or autumn vegetables. Handwriting skill: Developer level. Age range: 5 to 7 years.
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Draw constellations
Dot to dot activities can improve writing speed. Complete 15 worksheets by drawing constellations from the northern hemisphere & answer the true/false quiz. Handwriting skill: Developer + Accelerator level. Age range: 6 to 8 years.
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Build a town
Improve pencil control skills by tracking a pencil around a town as directed by the construction worker. 8 different pages, every route is different. Handwriting skill: Starter level. Age range: 5 to 6 years.
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Animal bingo – tracing handwriting patterns
Complete these 7 pages of letter patterns. For every correct pencil track your child will get closer to achieving animal bingo. There are 42 images to collect. Handwriting skill: Starter + Developer level. Age range: 5 to 7 years.
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A to Z of animals
Every page asks a child to draw shapes above and below the animal images. Next they must write the letters of the alphabet & complete the dashed outline of the animal. Handwriting skill: Developer level. Age range: 6 to 7 years.
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Under the sea
Under the sea has many sea creatures that await to be discovered. Once found your child should use a felt tip to colour the number 0-9 in the order. 13 pages in total. Handwriting skill: Starter level. Age range: 4 to 5 years.
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Space travel
Travel in space and complete these 13 worksheets developing essential pencil control skills. Your child will be asked to identify items in the pictures and then sequence numbers 0 to 9. Handwriting skill: Starter level. Age range: 4 to 5 years.
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Superhero basic patterns
Before being able to write legible letters we need to be able to master letter patterns. Use these 7 superhero worksheets to help learn how to write every pattern needed to write the alphabet. Handwriting skill: Starter level. Age range: 4 to 5 years.
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