There
are different methods for teaching penmanship. Zaner-Bloser style is
the older handwriting style in which printed letters are written vertically
with no slant. D'
nealian manuscript (printed letters) are written at a slant with rounding of
letters. D'nealian is more comfortable to write and works with the curves of
the hand and body. D'Nealian print also transitions to cursive writing better.
Here are free printable penmanship lessons for both styles of handwriting
worksheets.
Writing
Wizard has many free printable
handwriting worksheets and writing practice pages for manuscript (print) and cursive writing
practice pages. There are upper and lower case letters. You can print pages
with single letters to practice. Kids Zone has really nice free printable handwriting worksheets and
writing practice pages. The
letters are grouped according the movements needed to write them. For example,
there are the "rockin" round' letters and the "up the slide
letters." This site is very kid-friendly. There are gobs more free
printable writing and reading lessons on printing, tracing, alphabet, Dolce
sight words, phonics, poetry and more.
Handwriting
for Kids has a collection of free printable penmanship writing practice
pages and handwriting
worksheets. Look for cursive writing practice pages on this site.. Each of the
cursive handwriting worksheets has a coloring picture on it. Children love to
color the pictures when they have finished their handwriting practice. Make the
coloring page a reward. When they have shown you their five best examples of the
letter, they get to color the pictures.
