Lines, Shapes, Letters & First Words: Pre-K & Kindergarten Handwriting Practice
Before a child can form a letter, their hand has to be able to make the movement. This workbook starts with straight paths, curves and loops, moves into drawing shapes, and only then introduces letter forms and first words — so handwriting practice begins at a point the child can actually succeed at.
The most common reason a workbook gets abandoned is that it was a step too early or a step too late. Here is how to tell.
That next step is My First Words & Phrases.
Pencil control, first letters, first words, worked from six directions rather than one.
The same skill, three stages apart. Cues are there when it is new and gone by the time it is not.
A starting dot, an arrow and a solid path to follow.
Trace it, then draw the same shape with no path to follow.
Ruled lines and nothing else. The hand knows the movement.
Actual pages from Trace, Draw & Write. Select any page to see it full size.
Take the free sample pack and see whether the format suits your child.
8-page PDF · US Letter · Free to print
Six real pages from Trace, Draw & Write: a grown-up guide, straight paths, curves, circles, a traceable picture, and a first letter shape.
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Usually when they can hold a pencil with some control and copy a simple shape. Letter formation can wait — the first pages here are movement practice, which is where most children need to begin.
Trace, Draw & Write is available now on Amazon.
More questions about using the books at home? Read the parent guide.
