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The Best Free Handwriting Font for Kindergarten

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When we teach handwriting or how to form letters in kindergarten – it’s easy to focus on the wrong things.

Let me help you teach handwriting more simply with the best handwriting font for kindergarten .

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In kindergarten, teaching handwriting is super simple.

Think that’s a loaded statement? I’ll break it down and show you what I mean and then I’ll teach you how to use the best handwriting font to your advantage.

And the neat part — you can pretty much kiss those handwriting books and stacks of worksheets goodbye .

Why it works

Here is a free font that I created just for kindergarten. I used it mainly to teach how to form the letters.

It’s unique since it shows students where to start their handwriting strokes and gives them a pathway to trace within instead of a dotted line to trace on top of.

Teach handwriting of lowercase letters in kindergarten

There is a dot to show students where to start.

If there is more than one stroke (they have to lift their pencil off the paper) then there is more than one dot.

Think of it like driving – they have to stay within the boundaries of the road. Don’t drive on the grass!

Here are some introducing letter strokes posters and worksheets that cover the basics made with this style of font.

So many letters are formed similarly it makes grouping them together easy.

The Best Handwriting Free Font for Kindergarten

This font is the best for teaching students how to properly write their names (check out this name sheet ).

I’d consider it a tracing font that will remind you of a Handwriting Without Tears style based on the fact that the letters show beginning dots.

Want to download this font to use in your classroom?

[terms of use – personal use only]   [How to Install a Font] *Mac users – try Safari, not Chrome

Now, if that simple font combined with understanding how letters are formed doesn’t make handwriting easy… then we may just not understand what handwriting is in kindergarten.

Let me explain.

Handwriting in kindergarten

What it isn’t.

Let me start with sharing what I think handwriting in kindergarten isn’t. I start here because I said earlier it’s easy to focus on the wrong things.

  • Handwriting in kindergarten isn’t about writing in the traditional “lines” – you know the ones I’m talking about. The solid top and bottom line with a dotted line in the middle. Those lines have their place – but not in kindergarten .
  • Handwriting isn’t about worksheets.
  • Handwriting isn’t about neatness. Well, not entirely.
  • Handwriting does not effectively teach letter identification or sound production.

And I don’t care if you don’t agree – or the handwriting curriculum company doesn’t agree. I’m the one who has to teach it to these young people – a skill they will use for their ENTIRE life. How I teach this – matters.

Plus, I learned from personal experience how easy it is to over-work this area of the curriculum and make some kids hate school “work.” {sigh}

So, now I’ve cleared up what handwriting isn’t – let me share the simple beauty in what it is in kindergarten.

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Handwriting is teaching kids how to form letters with correct directions of pencil strokes so it leads to writing letters fluidly now and later in life.

That’s it.

It’s about the formation.

The cool thing is that it helps strengthen writers in kindergarten when they are ready to write with letter strings, phonetically spelled words, sight words and more.

What is developmentally appropriate

I’ve got an opinion about what is developmentally appropriate for 5-6-year-olds in regard to handwriting. Here’s my list:

  • The proper handgrip is appropriate for kindergartners to learn.
  • Understanding that each letter has a specific way it’s formed – is appropriate.
  • Understanding that many letters have a pattern in the way they are formed – is appropriate.
  • Using a rectangular box versus the traditional “handwriting lines” is appropriate to help teach space definition as needed. But not all students need this. It’s why you see me use a rectangle in place of the “name” line on the top of any paperwork.
  • Using tools to practice letter formations (pencil, crayon, markers, dry-erase, playdough, wikki stix) are age-appropriate.

If we take all that is appropriate about handwriting in kindergarten – then our instruction becomes pretty simple.

Ways to use this font

Let’s put that together and make it work for you with this handy-dandy new font you’re armed with now.

To support them in learning those strokes – give students a visual starting place. This way they will know where to form the letters until it comes naturally – and it will!

The beauty in this handwriting font is that it has the starting dots to support teaching those strokes.

It is the most simple and yet effective tweak to teaching handwriting. It’s not designed to use forever – it’s a tool to support them until they do it on their own .

When they know where to start – creating or following the path to form the letter becomes simplified and routine.

teach how to form letters by strokes

Remember I said earlier you could pretty much ditch the handwriting curriculum and worksheets? Well, that doesn’t mean this will teach itself.

Students still need to practice – but they won’t need to practice in the same traditional ways we’ve come to learn as “handwriting.”

I did use a small set of “worksheets.”

Name handwriting worksheet for kindergarten for tracing

Let me list them for you. We practiced:

  • names (everyone had their own sheet… and if they were proficient they worked on their last name)
  • rainbow book (letters from A-Z… think of this as replacing the traditional “workbooks” and it teaches the order of strokes/dots)
  • forming letters (using these free pages I made… there’s only 3!)
  • small group testing sheet (laminated and used with dry-erase markers… students only worked on the letters they needed to master)

And we even worked on forming letters using playdough work cards in the playdough literacy center .

Playdough Handwriting Letter Formation Cards (with starting dots) for Kindergarten

Then the rest was all application and helping students whenever they were writing as needed.

But, you know, we already do that naturally.

When handwriting isn’t a separate thing and just part of “how we write” then you’re using your time and talents as the teacher most effectively.

I hope this free tracing font and understanding how to teach forming letters by their strokes can help you teach your best.

Want this font without the starting dots? Then grab this handwriting outline font for your teaching arsenal.

Let’s continue breaking this down and find out how to teach handwriting in kindergarten .

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Leslie is the teacher behind KindergartenWorks . She believes in teaching kinders how to be pretty incredible along with teaching them to read, write and think for themselves. She enjoys drinking hot tea, making mud pies with her four kids and sharing what she's learned with teachers.

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Love this and so keen to use it but having trouble installing the font on my mac (I’m getting an Error message 79 – Inappropriate file type or format) – no idea how to fix or go about it! Help me please? Perhaps email me the ttf file? Thanksssss

Hi, I am trying to install the starting dots font and am getting an error code that says its an inappropriate file type or format. The one without dots worked great, just not this one. I love this resource, I hope you can help me get it to work!

Maybe try again with a fresh download? Unzip the file and then copy and paste the font file into your fonts folder again. Sometimes I wish I knew why technology didn’t work like we expect it to!

Thank you for your generosity, I thought I’ll take forever to find this font!!

Do you have a link for the little video that shows in the corner ? Your voice saying the stokes as you form the letters ? It’s perfect.

I sure do! You can see the entire video here: https://www.kindergartenworks.com/kindergarten-teaching-ideas/breaking-handwriting-down/#songs

Hi Leslie – could you add a new link to download starting dots? The one embedded on your post is not expanding from the zip file when downloaded. Thanks for this awesome font!

I found that opening it in Safari helped for those who are mac users. When I opened in chrome the file wouldn’t open. 😀 Love the font and the tips on this website! 😀

Huh! Same issue. Thanks. Looks like there’s a dropbox re-direct that safari handles well but chrome doesn’t.

I’m unable to download this font. I get to the install font button on font book (Mac user), the screen flickers a few times, but does not install. Tried multiple times on 2 browsers. Any advice?

hi Leslie, your zipped file cannot be unzipped, it says there’s an error with the file format.

You might want to give it another try – sometimes computers can just be finicky. You could also try another browser or device to see if that helps. Right next to the download button there is also a link to more troubleshooting help. – Leslie

Hi! I had the same problem. I checked the FAQ and the fonts file just cannot be opened it says “inappropriate file type or format”.

Me again! I have solved the problem! I am a MAC user and the download worked from Safari NOT Chrome. Thank you!

Thanks for sharing your solution Avery – wouldn’t it be nice if all technology played nicely together? 😉 Hopefully this can help someone else in the same boat. – Leslie

Thanks Avery, this made it work for me too!

Megan – you were so right! I literally just made some changes to that download button the day before and acidentally copied the wrong download URL. My apologies. It’s working and available now. Thanks, Leslie

I love love love this font for teaching formation. I would love to use it with some kids who have learned most of their letters with proper formation and are ready to begin working on line placement and letter sizing while continuing to practice tricky letters. The only problem with this is that the small letters, fall letters, and tall letters are not proportional (For example, the small letters are 2/3 the size of the tall letters, the falling letters don’t fall enough to go under any sort of line I could add. I have tried taking screenshots of letters and resizing them to get the heights I am looking for, but then it looks awful. Is there any chance you might consider making the outline font with more accurate letter sizes? I am sure that is a lot to ask for, but I thought I would try since otherwise I will need to find a way to create something along these lines myself and I have not been very successful in my past font creation attempts). Thank you again so much for this wonderful font!

I have now made outlines of the letters but would love any advice you might be able to offer with regards to creating a font! Last time I made letters that looked great, tried to make a font, and then all the letters were on top of each other with no spacing whatsoever lol. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

I think there is a good font-making app you can find in the app store! It’s worth checking into because it would make the process easier. – Leslie

Oh, how I wish I had found you sooner. You are incredibly talented st what you do! Thanks for sharing your gifts!

This is extremely helpful and my preschool kid really likes it.

Is one or two strokes used for these letters: ‘a’, ‘d’, ‘g’, ‘p’, ‘b’. ‘q’ ? The mechanics are different in the ‘Rainbow Book’ vs the ‘Outline’ font. The ‘Rainbow Book’ has two dots suggesting two strokes. The ‘Outline’ font only has one dot suggesting it is 1 stroke.

Glad to hear that Jordan. The letters you listed – I teach them all to have one stroke. I understand that it is different, but the rainbow book was also made by someone else so that accounts for the differences. I also couldn’t make multiple dots in the font (because fonts can’t have multiple colors) so that kinda explains another difference you’ll see between the two, but with perhaps other letters. I teach one smooth stroke because it lends itself to cursive later on! – Leslie

I am trying to install the font but my computer keeps saying it “isn’t a valid font.” Help!!

Hi Kim – no problem.

If you download the entire zipped folder, then you’ll need to unzip it first. You can see how to do that here: https://www.kindergartenworks.com/zipped-files-explained/ . Then you’ll just want to install the .ttf file in your font folder. 😉 If you try to install the whole folder you downloaded, it can’t install the terms of use pdf too, which is why it gives the “not a valid font” error.

Thanks! I hope you get a lot of great use out of it. – Leslie

I’m having trouble with the Starting Dots link taking me to Dropbox — from there into an infinite loop with opening a pdf. I can’t seem to download it no matter what I do! I love your fonts and have never run into this before. Any suggestions? Thanks

Hi Katie, Don’t click on the file to see what’s inside 😉 Okay – so click on the link in the post and then go directly to the “Download” button (next to the blue “sign in” button) and select “direct download.” I hope that can help! Thanks, Leslie

I think you should make a tshirt from your “I teach kinders how to….” at the bottom of your blog page. I would snap it up in a minute!!!

Thanks Karla – what a fun idea! – Leslie

I found you via Freebie Friday at TBA. LOVE your fonts, especially New Fringe ! I’m a fontaholic! Thanks for generously sharing them! Downloaded and already installed <3

Thanks Angela! I’m right with you and the fontaholic-itis syndrome 😉 – Leslie

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13 Free Traceable Fonts

Traceable Fonts

How to Use these Traceable Fonts

Handwriting Lines worksheet

  • You can make your own lined handwriting practice sheets using the KG Primary Dots font, which is available below. Simply tap out the space bar instead of typing actual letters. 
  • Below, you can see one example of a handwriting sheet with the alphabet sheet I made. Other ideas include:
  • name writing
  • day of the week 

Handwriting Worksheet

Installing Your Traceable Fonts

  • I've been a loyal Mac user since the 90s. Ironically, I couldn't begin to tell you a thing about using a PC, let alone installing fonts on it. But, there is a really thorough  font installing guide for PC users here on Wikihow .
  • To install these traceable fonts on a Mac (since this is what I use, I feel more confident explaining this), follow my simple steps below:

Installing a Font

Installing Traceble Fonts on a Mac:

  • After you download your font, unzip its download folder (usually they land in your 'Downloads' folder, unless you have programmed your downloads to go somewhere else). To unzip, just double click on the .zip file and the unzipping process should begin on its own (it just takes a second or two).
  • After your file has unzipped, you can open the individual folder of the font (there may not be one, it may just be the actual file, in which case, you won't have to open a folder).
  • Double click the .ttf or .otf file (I prefer .otf. or Open Type Format files if they're available, they can be resized and manipulated without compromising quality. But, they're not always included in font downloads).  

Installing Fonts

  • After you have double clicked your .ttf or .otf file, a dialog box should automatically pop up for you.
  • Click 'Install Font' and your installation will begin (it only takes about two seconds, total).
  • Check your Mac's Font Book to make sure your new font is in there (they're arranged alphabetically). You can start using your new font immediately in your computer's applications.
  • Can't find the font in your application for use? Shut down all of your running applications and restart your computer. Relaunch your applications. Often, fonts have a different preface before them, so if you still can't find your font, be sure to check your download folder for its proper name.

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Looking for More Free Fonts?

  • My free Typewriter Font Downloads are really vintage-y and fun. They're very versatile for a variety of uses, too.
  • And my Free Farmhouse Font Downloads are quickly becoming a reader-favorite. They are lovely on signs and framed printables to add to your decor.
  • These Ten Back-to-School Fonts have a similar vibe to the traceable fonts I shared today.
  • Since I shared a great KG font above, be sure to check out this entire round up of Kimberly Geswein fonts over at Yellow Bliss Road .
  • If you're in search of great fonts to use with a Cricut or Silhouette machine, see this list over at Naptime Alternative.

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Thank you very much! Love the dotted cursive.

learning to write font with arrows

Hi Carolina! You are so very welcome! I'm glad you are enjoying the fonts! The dotted cursive is great practice for the kiddos! Thank you bunches for stopping by! xoxo

learning to write font with arrows

Hi. Do you know what the license is like for Best Font? I can't find it anywhere on their website.

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Goodness, I'm not seeing it either. It looks like you may need to contact them for that info. https://best-font.com/contact.html

Thank you! 😊

Hello, thank you soooo much for his font. I would like to know it you would happen to know how to install it on an word for IPad ? That would be so helpful as I don’t ow a computer and would like to print some for my kid. Thank you for any help

Thank you so much. I honestly don't use these on an iPad since I only print via my computer. I would use Pinterest to find a good tutorial. xoxo

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Thank you. This is exactly what I was looking for. We have tons of letter tracing books (even with wipe out) but none of them seems to raise my kid interest. But if I print something, anything about Pokemon he is caught in the game!

98 Free Printable Handwriting Practice Sheets with Directional Arrows

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Fun and Free Printable Handwriting Practice Sheets for Kids

Is your child learning to write?

Make the process fun and engaging with our free printable handwriting practice sheets designed especially for kids!

These sheets feature colorful letters of the alphabet with directional arrows, making learning to write a delightful adventure.

Why Use Handwriting Practice Sheets with Arrows for Kids?

Handwriting practice sheets with directional arrows provide a visual guide for children, showing them the proper way to form letters.

The arrows indicate where to start and the direction to follow, helping kids learn correct letter formation from the beginning.

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How to Use the Practice Sheets

  • Download and Print: Download the handwriting practice sheets from the link provided below and print them out on standard letter-sized paper.
  • Trace the Letters: Encourage your child to trace each letter, following the arrows. Start with uppercase letters and then move on to lowercase letters.
  • Practice Regularly: Consistent practice is key to improving handwriting skills. Encourage your child to practice writing each letter several times.
  • Make it Fun: Use colorful markers or pencils to make the practice more enjoyable. You can also turn it into a game by timing how quickly they can trace all the letters correctly.
  • Progress to Words and Sentences: Once your child is comfortable with individual letters, encourage them to write words and eventually full sentences. This will help them practically apply their handwriting skills.

LOWERCASE LETTERS:

Free Printable Handwriting Practice Sheets with directional arrows

Lowercase letter tracing sheets are designed to help children learn the shapes and strokes of each letter.

With easy-to-follow directional arrows, kids can practice writing each letter in a fun and engaging way.

These worksheets are perfect for developing fine motor skills and improving handwriting.

Download 26 Lower-case Handwriting Practice Sheets with directional arrows

UPPERCASE LETTERS:

Free Printable Handwriting Practice Sheets with directional arrows

Uppercase letter tracing sheets feature bold letters with directional arrows, making learning fun and interactive.

Children can practice tracing each letter learning the proper way to form them.

These worksheets are great for reinforcing letter recognition and improving writing skills.

Download 26 Upper-case Handwriting Practice Sheets with directional arrows

NUMBER TRACING:

Free Printable Handwriting Practice Sheets with directional arrows

Number tracing sheets are ideal for helping children learn to write numbers correctly.

With clear, easy-to-follow arrows, kids can practice tracing each number and developing their number-writing skills.

These worksheets are perfect for young learners who are just beginning to explore numbers.

Download 10 Number Tracing Practice Sheets with directional arrows

NUMBER WORKSHEET

Free Printable Handwriting Practice Sheets with directional arrows

Number worksheets go beyond tracing, offering activities that help reinforce number recognition, counting, and writing skills.

These worksheets include fun exercises like counting objects, matching numbers to quantities, and writing numbers.

They are a great way to make learning numbers enjoyable and effective.

Download the 10 Number Worksheets Here

LETTER WORKSHEETS:

Free Printable Handwriting Practice Sheets with directional arrows

Letter worksheets are designed to help children practice writing letters in a variety of ways. From tracing and copying letters to filling in missing letters and completing words, these worksheets offer a range of activities to reinforce letter recognition and writing skills.

With illustrations and engaging exercises, these worksheets make learning letters fun and educational

Download the 26-Letter Worksheet Here

Download Your Free Handwriting Practice Sheets for Kids

Ready to help your child improve their handwriting?

Download our free printable handwriting practice sheets for kids. With these sheets, learning to write will be a fun and colorful experience for your child!

Let’s make learning to write an exciting journey for your child!

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Letter Tracing with Arrows

Do you want your child to learn how to write letters properly? Then you’re going to love our letter tracing with arrows handwriting worksheets!

A lot of parents struggle with teaching their children how to write letters properly. It can be difficult to know where to start, and even more difficult to make sure that your child is doing it correctly.

That’s why so many parents turn to handwriting worksheets, which can help children learn the proper way to write each letter.

These preschool handwriting worksheets contain arrows that help children trace the letters correctly, and they can be a great way to improve your child’s writing skills.

You can download our letter tracing worksheets at the end of this post.

Our free preschool printables are designed to help children learn the proper way to write letters, thereby improving their writing skills.

By providing arrows that guide children’s hands as they trace each letter, the worksheets give parents a helpful resource for teaching their children how to write correctly.

With our worksheets, children will be able to master their handwriting in no time.

Our letter tracing worksheets are designed to help preschool and kindergarten students strengthen motor skills as they work on letter recognition, letter formation, and beginning sounds.

Each of the twenty-six pages in this printable includes uppercase and lowercase letters to trace as well as a picture to color.

  • tracing pages (below)

There are many different ways to teach the alphabet and letter sounds. One way is to use letter tracing pages with your little ones.

Our alphabet tracing pages are available for free down below, and they can be fun way to teach or review letter sounds.

Using Our Worksheets

First, print out the tracing worksheet that you want your child to practice with.

Next, have your child identify the featured letter before tracing it with their finger or a writing utensil. Encourage them to go slowly and correctly form each letter.

When finished, ask your child to say the sound of each letter out loud so they can practice their pronunciation. This will help them develop a better understanding of how each letter sounds.

Finally, they can color the picture of the image that begins with the sound made by the featured letter.

Once they’ve completed the worksheet, you can praise them for their hard work. You can also print out more worksheets so they can continue to practice and master their vowel sounds.

With our fun and engaging tracing worksheets, your child will be writing like a pro in no time!

Using Tracing Worksheets

There are many benefits to using letter tracing worksheets with preschoolers. These worksheets can help children learn the proper way to write letters, and they can also help improve your child’s handwriting accuracy and precision.

Tracing letters with arrows is a fun and easy way to practice handwriting skills, and it can also help children develop their fine motor skills.

Helping Preschoolers Learn the Alphabet

In addition to using letter tracing worksheets, there are other ways you can help children learn the alphabet.

Here are some suggestions:

  • Read out loud with them – letters and words will become more familiar.
  • Have your child trace letters in sand or on a chalkboard.
  • Play matching games by pairing up a letter with a picture.
  • Use stickers, stamps, or other materials to make letters.
  • Create art projects that involve letters.

By using these different strategies, your preschooler will soon be able to write the alphabet with ease!

Alphabet Books for Kids

Alphabet books are a great way to help children learn the alphabet. They can be used as a teaching tool, and they can also be a fun way for kids to learn.

There are many different alphabet books available, so parents can find the perfect book for their child.

AlphaOops!: The Day Z Went First – It’s chaos! It’s pandemonium! And it’s definitely not as easy as A-B-C!

The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s ABC – Explore the amazing animal alphabet with The Very Hungry Caterpillar in this delightful board book. Featuring Eric Carle’s bright, distinctive artwork, each letter introduces beloved animals, big and small.

The Alphabet Book – From American ants to zebras with zithers, kids will love exploring the alphabet in this classically creative P. D. Eastman alphabet book.

More Alphabet Worksheets

  • Vowel Tracing Worksheets
  • Fall Letter Tracing Worksheets
  • Animal Alphabet Book
  • Alphabet Songs from Fun-A-Day
  • Alphabet Board Games from Simple Everyday Mom

Preschool handwriting worksheets with arrows are an excellent way to help children learn the proper way to write letters.

These tracing worksheets are easy to use, fun to do, and can help improve your child’s handwriting accuracy and precision. Download yours for free today!

Tara is the brains behind Homeschool Preschool, where her journey from preschool and public school teacher to homeschooling mom of three fuels her passion for early childhood education. With a blend of expertise and firsthand experience, Tara’s writings offer practical tips and engaging resources to support families in creating meaningful learning adventures at home.

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Teach Easy Tracing Font with Arrows Explained

Teach Easy Tracing font with arrows is the first and only editable font to include starting points and direction arrows. It has red starting points for primary strokes and grey starting points for secondary strokes. This allows students to practice forming each letter shape with visual scaffolds to show which letters to write continuously and which letters require the pen to be lifted from the page.

Teach Easy Tracing, just like Teach Easy Regular, offers generous letter shapes with round and open counters. This supports the developing motor skills of emerging writers. Using only single-story letter forms ( a vs a ) and it also has equal x-heights, and ascending and descending lines making it perfect for dotted thirds.

Teach Easy Tracing Font with arrows

Teach Easy Regular and Tracing fonts offer open and closed b and p options that are compatible with preferred school fonts. To use open b, k or p, add the ~ symbol before the letter.

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Alphabet Handwriting Practice PDF Freebie with Start Dots and Arrows

Wow! This is a huge alphabet handwriting practice PDF freebie with start dots and arrows that you can use to help your students practice proper letter formation.

Wow! This is a huge alphabet handwriting practice PDF freebie with start dots and arrows that you can use to help your students practice proper letter formation. It includes 26 pages, one for each capital and lowercase letter of the alphabet. The alphabet handwriting practice pages are outline letters, with a starting dot and arrows for the letter strokes.

Why Practice Writing the Letters of the Alphabet?

Students need handwriting practice for letter recognition.

Did you know that research indicates that handwriting experience plays a crucial role in the formation of the brain network that underlies letter recognition?

Brain imaging studies indicated that only after the printing training did the visual regions that later become specialized in the literate individual for letter recognition become active.  

Additional brain imaging results in 6 year old children helped researchers determine that only when the letters were self-produced did seeing the letters recruit the perceptual-motor network. 

The researchers concluded that handwriting experience plays a crucial role in the formation of the brain network that underlies letter recognition (James, 2017).

Students NEED Alphabet Handwriting Practice to Improve

The  Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy  published a review of the interventions used to improve handwriting.  After reviewing 11 studies that tested relaxation and practice with or without EMG, sensory-based training without handwriting practice, and handwriting-based practice (including sensory-focused or cognitive focused handwriting practice) the researchers concluded that  interventions that did not include handwriting practice and those that included less than 20 practice sessions were ineffective  (Hoy, 2011).

Students NEED Pencil and Paper Handwriting Practice

The  Journal of Occupational Therapy, School and Early Intervention  published a small study comparing traditional handwriting practice versus iPad handwriting instruction.  For the 12 kindergartners and first graders who participated, the results indicated that  traditional methods of handwriting instruction were superior in terms of letter formation and letter orientation when compared to iPad-mediated practice . In addition, letter recognition increased for those using traditional handwriting methods but stayed stable for the iPad-mediated group (Wells, 2016).

Students NEED to Be Taught Handwriting Skills

Educational Psychology Review  performed a comprehensive analysis to determine if teaching handwriting enhanced legibility and fluency and resulted in better writing performance.  The results indicated that when compared to no instruction or non-handwriting instructional conditions,  teaching handwriting resulted in statistically greater legibility and fluency.  Motor instruction did not produce better handwriting skills  but individualizing handwriting instruction resulted in statistically significant improvements in legibility. Handwriting instruction produced statistically significant gains in the quality, length, and fluency of students’ writing (Santangelo, 2016).

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Download and print the pages. Here are a few suggestions of how to use the alphabet handwriting practice PDF:

  • Laminate the pages and use wipe off markers to start at the dot and follow the arrows for the letter strokes.
  • For younger children, practice using play dough to make the letters on the laminated mats.
  • Try placing different objects on top of the letter such as small buttons or glass stones.
  • Rainbow write the letters using different colored crayons or markers to practice letter formation.
  • Print four to a page to make the letters smaller to differentiate the activity.

References:

Hoy, M. M., Egan, M. Y., & Feder, K. P. (2011). A systematic review of interventions to improve handwriting .  Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy ,  78 (1), 13-25.

James, K. H. (2017). The Importance of Handwriting Experience on the Development of the Literate Brain. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 26(6), 502-508.

Santangelo, T. & Graham, S. A Comprehensive Meta-analysis of Handwriting Instruction.  Educ Psychol Rev  (2016) 28: 225. doi:10.1007/s10648-015-9335-1

Wells, K. E., Sulak, T. N., Saxon, T. F., & Howell, L. L. (2016). Traditional versus iPad-mediated handwriting instruction in early learners.  Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools, & Early Intervention ,  9 (2), 185-198.

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Posted on October 1, 2015 11 Comments

Over the years I’ve created and printed lots of things for my own kids and I’ve also created lots of free printables for preschoolers and beginning readers and writers. I am often asked which fonts are good to use with beginning writers, so today I’m going to share some of the best.

I am not an expert on teaching handwriting, and I know that kids will be exposed to a wide variety of fonts and writing, but I tend to stick to simple, clear, fonts, in a basic printed style when creating something for my kids and others.

I look for fonts without any fancy or irregular letters (I especially look at the a and g), and without any flourishes or extras. I also look for fonts with good spacing and height, and fonts that have both upper and lowercase letters.

It’s important to remember that many states and/or school districts will have a specific type of handwriting style that they teach their students, so if it’s important to you to start your child off with the same style, then check with the school first.

There are loads of great free fonts out there that are clear, and easy for beginners to read, write, and copy. Here are a few of my favourites.

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Ten Free Fonts to use with Beginning Writers.

  • KG Blank Space Solid – a good, strong, printed font, great for kids to write over or collage on to.
  • Quicksand – a nice, clear, printed font that comes in a range of styles including bold and the dotted version shown above. (C)
  • Arcon – a clean and simple font that is easy to read and great for story writing.(C)
  • KG Primary Penmanship – this clear handwriting font comes in several styles including displaying on dotted third lines as shown above.
  • Berner Basisschrift – this handwriting font comes in two styles – one printed and one pre-cursive with the little hooks on the letters, as shown above.
  • Print Clearly – a clear, printed font that has solid and dotted options. (C)
  • Abeezee – neat, easy to read printed letters. (C)
  • KG Primary Dots – a dotted print in four styles – plain letters, and three different lined versions.
  • KG Red Hands Outline – an outline font that is perfect for tracing over or colouring.
  • Victorian Modern Cursive – this is the handwriting style my kids are taught in school – though the style of handwriting taught does vary from state to state here in Australia this is a clear pre-cusrive font.

Note – When I create my printables I only use commercial use fonts (I’ve marked these with a (C)) but for personal use at home any free font is fine.

Here are some ideas, activities, and free printables, featuring these fonts:

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Great round up! When I get back in the classroom I will definitely put these to good use. :)

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Confused about #4

I want the penmanship lines to show up when I hit space, however they do not. Is there a font where I can type a word with penmanship lines, such as ‘kite’ and then make spaces so the penmanship lines still show up?

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Both KG Primary Penmanship and primary dots fonts come with options for the lines to show up in the spaces, you just need to make sure you are choosing the right font.

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I require dotted fonts on four lines rather than three. Can you help in this matter?

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Any fonts with a starting star and/or combined with directional arrows?

Reduces the need for teachers assistance.

I don’t know of any good free ones that have a starting point and arrows, but you might find what you are looking for on Teachers Pay Teachers

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Are these fonts free for use in commercial work as long as you are given credit? :)

You will need to check the terms of use for each individual font if you want to use them for commercial use. Different fonts can be used for different things with different requirements, so you need to check each one individually.

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Thank you so much for sharing your font finds!

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I’m sorry I have not seen any fonts with four lines, dotted thirds is the standard for many curriculums which is why it is so common.

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Free Cursive Handwriting Fonts for Tracing

April 16, 2020 3 Comments

Parents and teachers will appreciate Free Cursive Handwriting Fonts for Tracing . with these fonts you can make your own practice sheets for kids to cursive hand writing. Plus, below are a few suggestions to DIY your practice sheets to challenge kids to learn how to write cursive…

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My favourite fonts for free cursive handwriting are the following:

ColeCarriera1 (shown above). It’s a dotted line font where kids can just follow the dotted lines. I also like that the font comes complete with the spacing lines so that kids can learn the height and width of upper case and lower case letters.

Life Lessons (shown above). What I like best about this cursive font is that it shows arrows to indicate direction of lines as well as coming with the spacing lines (for upper case and lower case letter spacing).

Maternellecolor (shown above). This font does not have the spacing lines embedded in the font which is a draw back for learners. However, like Life Lessons, it has handy arrows to direct the writer on whether the letter goes up or down in handwriting.

What about combining these fonts…

You could create a practice sheet with a few lines of Life Lessons or Maternellecolor to practice direction of letters. Then, fill below with some ColeCarriera1 practice so that kids can do the tracing on their own by following the dotted lines. They would have to remember the letter direction (which they would have done with the Life Lessons and Maternellecolor fonts).

Where can I get these free fonts:

Not sponsored at all – I downloaded (and yes, I use these fonts) via Da Font . It’s absolutely free. All you have to do it click the download button. A zipped file will install on your computer (and totally safe – I promise I didn’t get any virus’ or spy ware). When they are installed, click the zipped folder – check the true type font box – and click install. Done.

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Hi what did you search in da font to find these? I entered the names you listed and they’re not found.

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Great font choices, Caroline! Thanks for sharing!

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Why writing by hand beats typing for thinking and learning

Jonathan Lambert

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If you're like many digitally savvy Americans, it has likely been a while since you've spent much time writing by hand.

The laborious process of tracing out our thoughts, letter by letter, on the page is becoming a relic of the past in our screen-dominated world, where text messages and thumb-typed grocery lists have replaced handwritten letters and sticky notes. Electronic keyboards offer obvious efficiency benefits that have undoubtedly boosted our productivity — imagine having to write all your emails longhand.

To keep up, many schools are introducing computers as early as preschool, meaning some kids may learn the basics of typing before writing by hand.

But giving up this slower, more tactile way of expressing ourselves may come at a significant cost, according to a growing body of research that's uncovering the surprising cognitive benefits of taking pen to paper, or even stylus to iPad — for both children and adults.

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In kids, studies show that tracing out ABCs, as opposed to typing them, leads to better and longer-lasting recognition and understanding of letters. Writing by hand also improves memory and recall of words, laying down the foundations of literacy and learning. In adults, taking notes by hand during a lecture, instead of typing, can lead to better conceptual understanding of material.

"There's actually some very important things going on during the embodied experience of writing by hand," says Ramesh Balasubramaniam , a neuroscientist at the University of California, Merced. "It has important cognitive benefits."

While those benefits have long been recognized by some (for instance, many authors, including Jennifer Egan and Neil Gaiman , draft their stories by hand to stoke creativity), scientists have only recently started investigating why writing by hand has these effects.

A slew of recent brain imaging research suggests handwriting's power stems from the relative complexity of the process and how it forces different brain systems to work together to reproduce the shapes of letters in our heads onto the page.

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Both handwriting and typing involve moving our hands and fingers to create words on a page. But handwriting, it turns out, requires a lot more fine-tuned coordination between the motor and visual systems. This seems to more deeply engage the brain in ways that support learning.

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"Handwriting is probably among the most complex motor skills that the brain is capable of," says Marieke Longcamp , a cognitive neuroscientist at Aix-Marseille Université.

Gripping a pen nimbly enough to write is a complicated task, as it requires your brain to continuously monitor the pressure that each finger exerts on the pen. Then, your motor system has to delicately modify that pressure to re-create each letter of the words in your head on the page.

"Your fingers have to each do something different to produce a recognizable letter," says Sophia Vinci-Booher , an educational neuroscientist at Vanderbilt University. Adding to the complexity, your visual system must continuously process that letter as it's formed. With each stroke, your brain compares the unfolding script with mental models of the letters and words, making adjustments to fingers in real time to create the letters' shapes, says Vinci-Booher.

That's not true for typing.

To type "tap" your fingers don't have to trace out the form of the letters — they just make three relatively simple and uniform movements. In comparison, it takes a lot more brainpower, as well as cross-talk between brain areas, to write than type.

Recent brain imaging studies bolster this idea. A study published in January found that when students write by hand, brain areas involved in motor and visual information processing " sync up " with areas crucial to memory formation, firing at frequencies associated with learning.

"We don't see that [synchronized activity] in typewriting at all," says Audrey van der Meer , a psychologist and study co-author at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. She suggests that writing by hand is a neurobiologically richer process and that this richness may confer some cognitive benefits.

Other experts agree. "There seems to be something fundamental about engaging your body to produce these shapes," says Robert Wiley , a cognitive psychologist at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. "It lets you make associations between your body and what you're seeing and hearing," he says, which might give the mind more footholds for accessing a given concept or idea.

Those extra footholds are especially important for learning in kids, but they may give adults a leg up too. Wiley and others worry that ditching handwriting for typing could have serious consequences for how we all learn and think.

What might be lost as handwriting wanes

The clearest consequence of screens and keyboards replacing pen and paper might be on kids' ability to learn the building blocks of literacy — letters.

"Letter recognition in early childhood is actually one of the best predictors of later reading and math attainment," says Vinci-Booher. Her work suggests the process of learning to write letters by hand is crucial for learning to read them.

"When kids write letters, they're just messy," she says. As kids practice writing "A," each iteration is different, and that variability helps solidify their conceptual understanding of the letter.

Research suggests kids learn to recognize letters better when seeing variable handwritten examples, compared with uniform typed examples.

This helps develop areas of the brain used during reading in older children and adults, Vinci-Booher found.

"This could be one of the ways that early experiences actually translate to long-term life outcomes," she says. "These visually demanding, fine motor actions bake in neural communication patterns that are really important for learning later on."

Ditching handwriting instruction could mean that those skills don't get developed as well, which could impair kids' ability to learn down the road.

"If young children are not receiving any handwriting training, which is very good brain stimulation, then their brains simply won't reach their full potential," says van der Meer. "It's scary to think of the potential consequences."

Many states are trying to avoid these risks by mandating cursive instruction. This year, California started requiring elementary school students to learn cursive , and similar bills are moving through state legislatures in several states, including Indiana, Kentucky, South Carolina and Wisconsin. (So far, evidence suggests that it's the writing by hand that matters, not whether it's print or cursive.)

Slowing down and processing information

For adults, one of the main benefits of writing by hand is that it simply forces us to slow down.

During a meeting or lecture, it's possible to type what you're hearing verbatim. But often, "you're not actually processing that information — you're just typing in the blind," says van der Meer. "If you take notes by hand, you can't write everything down," she says.

The relative slowness of the medium forces you to process the information, writing key words or phrases and using drawing or arrows to work through ideas, she says. "You make the information your own," she says, which helps it stick in the brain.

Such connections and integration are still possible when typing, but they need to be made more intentionally. And sometimes, efficiency wins out. "When you're writing a long essay, it's obviously much more practical to use a keyboard," says van der Meer.

Still, given our long history of using our hands to mark meaning in the world, some scientists worry about the more diffuse consequences of offloading our thinking to computers.

"We're foisting a lot of our knowledge, extending our cognition, to other devices, so it's only natural that we've started using these other agents to do our writing for us," says Balasubramaniam.

It's possible that this might free up our minds to do other kinds of hard thinking, he says. Or we might be sacrificing a fundamental process that's crucial for the kinds of immersive cognitive experiences that enable us to learn and think at our full potential.

Balasubramaniam stresses, however, that we don't have to ditch digital tools to harness the power of handwriting. So far, research suggests that scribbling with a stylus on a screen activates the same brain pathways as etching ink on paper. It's the movement that counts, he says, not its final form.

Jonathan Lambert is a Washington, D.C.-based freelance journalist who covers science, health and policy.

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    Arrows support the student with correct letter formation.This resource contains 4 font files:School Cursive Dots Arrows: most letters will have one arrow, but there are additional numbered arrows for letters in which the pen is lifted.School Cursive Dots Arrows-Guides: the same arrows as in Sc. Subjects:

  11. Alphabet Writing with Arrows

    Just like our alphabet writing with arrows handwriting chart, these activities use visual cues to support children as they learn to form letters, words, and sentences, as well as numbers and shapes. Family Trace the Words Worksheet - This worksheet is a great way to practise handwriting while learning about families.

  12. Alphabet Writing with Arrows

    Just like our alphabet writing with arrows handwriting chart, these activities use visual cues to support children as they learn to form letters, words, and sentences, as well as numbers and shapes. Family Trace the Words Worksheet - This worksheet is a great way to practise handwriting while learning about families.

  13. School Font Tracing Alphabet with Arrows

    Get inspired! Tag #TeachStarter on Instagram for a chance to be featured! Available on the Plus Plan. Full page upper and lower case alphabet letters with arrows for tracing. Help your students learn how to form letters correctly in your state school font.

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    This set is all about learning numbers! Your little learner/s will learn and practise recognising, writing and counting numbers 1-10. They will learn to represent numbers in a variety of ways. Bubble writing and dotted lines with directionality arrows will help your students to write numbers correctly in your State's school font. Print and ...

  15. Handwriting With Arrows Font Teaching Resources

    Browse handwriting with arrows font resources on Teachers Pay Teachers, a marketplace trusted by millions of teachers for original educational resources.

  16. Alphabet Handwriting Practice PDF Freebie with Start Dots and Arrows

    Wow! This is a huge alphabet handwriting practice PDF freebie with start dots and arrows that you can use to help your students practice proper letter formation. It includes 26 pages, one for each capital and lowercase letter of the alphabet. The alphabet handwriting practice pages are outline letters, with a starting dot and arrows for the ...

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    The font creates dotted letters with a starting point for each stroke of the letter and a direction arrow indicating the direction of the stroke. You can also change the colour and size of the text you create. ... writing hand will teach me to write Teach me font learning to write is what i will do at school and before I go to school i would ...

  18. The Best Free Fonts to use with Beginning Writers

    Quicksand - a nice, clear, printed font that comes in a range of styles including bold and the dotted version shown above. (C) Arcon - a clean and simple font that is easy to read and great for story writing. (C) KG Primary Penmanship - this clear handwriting font comes in several styles including displaying on dotted third lines as shown ...

  19. Free Cursive Handwriting Fonts for Tracing

    My favourite fonts for free cursive handwriting are the following: ColeCarriera1 (shown above). It's a dotted line font where kids can just follow the dotted lines. I also like that the font comes complete with the spacing lines so that kids can learn the height and width of upper case and lower case letters. Life Lessons (shown above).

  20. Alphabet Font With Arrows Teaching Resources

    This desk plate has the Abc Print Arrow Font so that the children have an easy reference for letter and number formation. It includes the alphabet with pictures, numbers to 10 with domino pictures, number words, numberline to 20, color words, and a place to write students name along with small picture icons for handwriting (sky = top line, plane = middle line, grass = bottom line, and worm ...

  21. Why writing by hand beats typing for thinking and learning

    The relative slowness of the medium forces you to process the information, writing key words or phrases and using drawing or arrows to work through ideas, she says.

  22. Learning Fonts

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  23. Dot Writing Font

    When you download this handwriting resource, you'll have access to a bunch of worksheets, with dotted tracing letters for each letter of the alphabet. Each worksheet has an upper-case and lower-case version. Children can trace over the dotted letters, joining the dots to get them used to forming the correct letter shapes. Each worksheet has a green dot and arrow marking where the start point ...

  24. Letter Formation Font With Arrows Teaching Resources

    Dotted fonts can be used for tracing practice. Arrows support the student with correct letter formation.This resource contains 4 font files:School Cursive Dots Arrows: most letters will have one arrow, but there are additional numbered arrows for letters in which the pen is lifted.School Cursive Dots Arrows-Guides: the same arrows as in Sc