Writing activities
What worksheets are here?
In this category you will a variety of worksheets to help improve your child’s writing. Writing activities can take on many forms. Here you will find word finding activities. Sentence and paragraph writing activities, As well as story writing and daily handwriting practice sheets. There are also search and write activities where the children use the internet to search for the answers. If you are looking for alphabet practice look at my letter formation category.
To help you find the best resources for your child I have grouped handwriting skills into 4 easy to understand levels. Here you will find a combination of ALL levels in these 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.
* Lastly, we are all different, please use the age ranges as suggestions.
Modern day inventions – search & write
Discover 12 search ideas & 5 worksheet templates. Designed to capture a child’s imagination making them want to search the internet, discover the answer & write about it. Handwriting skill: Accelerator + Fine tuning level. Age range: 8+ years.
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100 most used words
Practice writing the 100 most used words in the English language to improve writing legibility and speed. Write it twice, write it neat, write it fast and write it with your eyes closed. Handwriting skill: Fine tuning level. Age range: 10+ years.
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Crack the letter puzzles
Similar to the game of scrabble crack the letter puzzles from nine letters. 3 worksheets to complete. Use the words found to make sentences. Handwriting skill: Accelerator level. Age range: 7+ 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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Write a book review & decide if it could be turned into a film
Let your child write their own book review by describing the story, its main characters, whether they would give it any awards and how they would turn this story into a film. Handwriting skill: Accelerator + fine tuning level. Age range: 7+ years.
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Write tongue twisters – cursive handwriting
There are 26 worksheets, each one contains 3 tongue twisters to write and then your child is asked to make up their own. Handwriting skill: Developer + Accelerator + Fine tuning level. Age range: 6 to 10 years.
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Draw & write a superhero story
Let your child’s imagination flow as they write a story about a superhero. These 5 worksheets will help your child plan and structure their story before they write it as a whole. Handwriting skill: Developer + Accelerator level. Age range: 6 – 8 years.
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World food handwriting practice
Add extra interest to handwriting by searching the internet before writing answers about foods from across the world. 24 food search categories and 8 template pages. Handwriting skill: Accelerator + Fine tuning level. Age range: 8+ years.
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Intelligent animals handwriting practice
Inside you will find 24 intelligent animals to search on the internet and 8 template pages for your child can to write about their findings. Handwriting skill: Accelerator + Fine tuning level. Age range: 8+ years.
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Famous historical dates
Is your child curious about history? This resource has 24 famous dates to search on the internet and 8 template pages to write about the discoveries. Handwriting skill: Accelerator + Fine tuning level. Age range: 8+ years.
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Help an astronaut
Help an astronaut by completing a social media profile for an astronaut and an alien. They are also asked to answer questions about what they would do in space. 4 pages. Handwriting skill: Developer + Accelerator level. Age range: 6-8 years.
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Animal volunteer forms
Filling out forms is a skill in itself. Here are 4 pages of forms helping your teen sign up to a fictional cat & rabbit rescue volunteer or to volunteer on a muddy dog trek. Handwriting skill: Fine tuning level. Age range: 11+ years.
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