Football Pencil Control
Football mad little ones will enjoy practising their pencil skills by following the lines towards the football - it's almost like practising their dribbling skills but not quite as energetic!
Handwriting Readiness Worksheets
Practicing pencil control on paper is an important step towards learning to write, and these handwriting readiness worksheets help children practice just that!
Handwriting Readiness - Fill a Circle with Straight Lines
Filling a shape with lots of straight lines is a great way for younger children to begin to work on pencil control - and shape recognition. Here we ask them to draw straight lines across the circle from left to right, and start them off with a couple of dotted lines to trace over.
Handwriting Readiness - Fill a Square with Straight Lines
Learning to draw straight lines from left to right is a really useful beginning skill for toddlers, and filling up a shape is a fun way to do it. This worksheet asks them to fill up a square with straight lines.
Handwriting Readiness - Fill a Triangle with Straight Lines
Learn the shape of a triangle and practise pre-handwriting skills at the same time with this handwriting readiness worksheet.
Handwriting Readiness - Fill Rectangles with Straight Lines
By drawing straight lines from left to right, children are getting in some excellent pencil control practice - and learning the shape of a rectangle, too.
Handwriting Readiness - Fill Shapes with Straight Lines
Here is the last of our handwriting readiness shape worksheets, and on this mixed sheet we ask children to fill up a square, circle, rectangle and triangle with straight lines. Excellent practice!
Handwriting Readiness Dot to Dot Lines
Here is the full set of our handwriting readiness dot to dot worksheets - 6 in total. Download as 1 pdf file below and choose which pages you want to print.
Handwriting Readiness Dot to Dot Lines 1
This colourful worksheet is a lovely way to encourage children to start drawing straight lines from left to right - a first step in pencil control. You could laminate the worksheet and use a dry wipe pen, or just print it out when needed.
Handwriting Readiness Dot to Dot Lines 2
Here's the second in our set of handwriting readiness "dot to dot" worksheets. Encourage the children to draw a straight line through each set of dots, from left to right.
Handwriting Readiness Dot to Dot Lines 3
Our third handwriting readiness "dot to dot" worksheet asks children to draw a line from the red dot on the left to the blue dot on the right. Keep the lines as straight as possible and make sure they draw them in the right direction.
Handwriting Readiness Dot to Dot Lines 4
Get children started on pencil control with these simple "dot to dot" worksheets, which encourage children to draw a straight line from left to right - a fundamental skill.
Handwriting Readiness Dot to Dot Lines 5
Here's a "dot to dot" handwriting readiness worksheet with a slight difference. Children should start on the big dot and draw a straight line to the opposite small dot.
Handwriting Readiness Dot to Dot Lines 6
Our handwriting readiness dot to dot worksheet number 6 starts the children with a small dot and asks them to draw a straight line to the opposite big dot. Once kids can draw straight lines perfectly, they are really getting to grips with a pre-handwriting skill.
Handwriting Readiness Straight Lines Filling Shapes
There are five worksheets in this pdf bundle, all working on pencil control for absolute beginners - and throwing in a little shape recognition, too!
Heart Tracing
This large heart tracing is great for practicing pencil control. Once traced, why not colour it in, too?
Hearts Tracing
6 dotted hearts for some Valentine's Day pencil practice - or use them anytime.
Horse Parade Pencil Control
Practise pencil control by following the horses on parade! Start with a straight line and then get increasingly more wiggly...
Landscape Extra Large Handwriting Lines
We use these big, bold extra large handwriting lines with our sandpaper letters as a "board" on which to form words. You could also laminate the printable and use it with a dry wipe writer for first letter writing attempts.
Landscape Handwriting Lines 2cm
These large handwriting lines on a landscape page are just the thing for beginner writers. Spaced at 2.0cm and with a topline, midline and bottom line, they will help your children learn to form their letters correctly.
Landscape Handwriting Lines Shaded
These shaded landscape pages are perfect for beginners and they come in 6 lovely colours to make handwriting practice fun! Make sure you only print the pages you want. We have them in A4 or letter size below. Choose from pink, green, blue, yellow, pale orange and lilac.
Olympic Games Pencil Control
Here's a fun way to practice pencil control with your little ones. Start by tracing over the straight line, then progress down the page getting increasingly wavy as you go!
Olympic Medals Pencil Control
While tracing the lines to find out which athlete won which medal, your children will be practising their pencil control and strenghtening their skills.
On Parade Pencil Control
The Queen's Guard and Beefeaters are on parade! Print out this fun page and work on those pencil skills.
Portrait Handwriting Lines Large
Children can practise their early handwriting skills with the help of this handwriting lines printable. The spacing is large, with a total letter size of 1.4cm, so this printable is most appropriate for beginners and younger children. We have A4 and Letter versions to download below.
Portrait Handwriting Lines Shaded
We've got 6 cheerful colours to choose from as well as A4 and Letter versions of this lovely handwriting practice paper. Each pack contains all the colours, so make sure you only print the pages you want!
Rugby Tracing Curves
Younger kids can practice their pencil control with this fun rugby tracing worksheet.
Rugby Tracing Lines
Pencil control comes with practice, and here's a fun way to practice with a rugby theme!
Tracing Lines
Here is a worksheet to practice very simple pencil control by drawing straight lines.
Tracing Lines 2
Here is a worksheet that provides lots of practice at drawing lines at different angles to help prepare children to form letters.
Tracing Patterns
Have fun practicing pen control by tracing lines, zigzags and waves.
Tracing Patterns 2
Here are some more patterns to trace; circles, points and curves.
Tracing Waves
Help children practice their fine motor control skills with either our dotted or solid lines, tracing waves worksheets.
Tracing Zigzags
Tracing zigzags is a fun way to practice pencil control. We have a choice of solid or dotty lines to follow.
