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Arctic Animals Handwriting Practice Sheets for Kids

January 9, 2020 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

Who all remembers having the D’Nealian handwriting border around the top of the classroom wall?

I spent many afternoons tracing those letters in the air while I was bored in second grade.

We always learned D’Nealian penmanship because it made for an easier transition into cursive writing in later grades.

These days, though, students generally learn to print straight letters, because cursive isn’t used as much any more.

Instead of a regular old handwriting practice sheet, though, I thought it would be fun to share a set of wintry-themed Arctic Animals handwriting practice printables!

Simple Arctic Animal Handwriting Practice Printables

These would be a fun addition to a winter thematic unit, especially if you’re learning about the Arctic!

Read on to see how to get your set! And, for more fun with Arctic Animals, don’t miss our Polar Animals Pattern Activity!

This set of Arctic Animal handwriting practice sheets is great for winter penmanship work!

Arctic Animals Handwriting Practice for Kids

To use these Arctic Animals handwriting practice printables, you’ll need the following: (This post contains affiliate links. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

  • Printer (with ink)
  • Printer Paper (I used Astrobright paper)
  • Pencils
  • Laminator (optional)

Printable Arctic Animals Handwriting Practice

This product includes 26 letter handwriting practice sheets – one for each letter of the alphabet featuring both uppercase and lowercase letters.

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Arctic Animal Themed Handwriting Practice for Kids

There are also five Arctic animal name handwriting practice sheets included.

Arctic Animals Handwriting Practice for Kids

Print these and hand them out for daily penmanship practice.

Arctic Animal Printable Handwriting Practice

Or you could laminate them and use them with dry erase markers in morning tubs or at centers!

Scroll down to get your set of Arctic Animal handwriting practice sheets!

Check out these other winter-themed learning ideas!

This quick roll a snowman winter art activity makes a great winter art game for kids!

Add these hot cocoa playdough 1-10 counting cards to winter math centers for easy counting practice! Great for morning tubs too!

Help students practice skip counting by 5, 100, and 1000 with this hands on candy bag skip counting activity! Laminate these to reuse at second grade math centers!

Follow my Winter Activities for Kids board on Pinterest for more inspiration!

To get your copy of our Arctic Animals Handwriting Practice printables, pick up the set from my Teachers Pay Teachers store! Click the link or the image below to get them.

Arctic Animal Handwriting Practice Sheets for Kids

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Pick up these Arctic Animals handwriting practice sheets for fun wintry themed writing lessons!

Filed Under: Homeschooling Printables, Teaching Printables Tagged With: handwriting, homeschool printables

ADHD Handwriting Help for Kids

November 30, 2017 by Selena Robinson 10 Comments

Children with ADHD often have trouble with handwriting. Use these suggestions to offer ADHD handwriting help to your kids!

Do your kids with ADHD struggle with penmanship? You’re not alone. Many, many kids need ADHD handwriting help from an early age. And, once again, it all goes back to the unique struggles of the ADHD brain.

Executive function is what helps us organize our thoughts and carry them out. Because that is sporadic in kids with ADHD, they may have trouble understanding the process of handwriting, including how to hold the pencil, how to form the letters, and how to copy what they see in a book or on a chalkboard.

Tigger has struggled with her handwriting for the past couple of years. On occasion, it would look perfect – identical to the models in her handwriting book. At other times, though, it was barely legible. For the longest time, I did not understand why handwriting seemed to be so difficult for her until I started reading about all the ways ADHD affects children.

Now that I have a better understanding of how ADHD works, I’ve adjusted my teaching style to offer her more help with handwriting. Here are a few tips I’ve been using.

Children with ADHD often have trouble with handwriting. Use these suggestions to offer ADHD handwriting help to your kids!

How to Offer ADHD Handwriting Help for Kids

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1. Adjust your expectations.

We’ve mentioned this a few times in the past, but when it comes to developing handwriting skills, we have to adjust our expectations of our kids. They may not develop the fine motor skills to write well at the same time or age as their peers, which means their handwriting skills may develop slowly.

If that’s the case, having them write pages and pages of copywork is not going to help them develop these skills any faster. It will, however, make them hate handwriting.

Let your kids write to the best of their ability and then have them do a small amount of daily copywork. After a few weeks, you’ll see their handwriting improve. It may not look like the D’Nealian model, but it will improve…in time.

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2. Don’t rush to teach cursive.

There’s a minor debate going on in public school right now about the value of teaching cursive writing in the modern age. Personally, I love cursive and I teach it to my kids. But, I don’t insist that they use it at a certain age.

Cursive is generally harder to master than print handwriting. So if your child with ADHD is already struggling with handwriting, don’t insist that he master cursive simply because he is at the grade level when cursive is taught in school.

We introduced cursive to Tigger in third grade, but I noticed that her print was getting sloppier by the day. So, I stopped teaching cursive and we went back to print. Now she’s learning cursive again, but without letting her print penmanship slide.

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3. Let kids use alternate methods for composition.

Some kids who dislike handwriting or have sloppy handwriting are actually excellent storytellers. Don’t insist on them writing their work by hand. Let them use other methods to compose their stories, papers, and responses. Try teaching them to type. In fact, learning to type can actually build fine motor skills that will improve handwriting in the long run.

You might even want to let your kids dictate their stories or draw pictures to express their thoughts. Let them know that there are several ways to tell a story. That way, the frustration of trying to master penmanship won’t poison their love for writing.

ADHD Handwriting Help for Kids

Do your kids with ADHD struggle with handwriting? How do you help them develop good penmanship? Let us know in the comments!

This post is part of the 31 Days of ADHD Homeschooling series! See plenty of ways to make homeschooling kids with ADHD easier!

These 31 tips for homeschooling kids with ADHD are a lifesaver for parents of kids who have ADHD or ADD!

Get even more tips and suggestions for parenting kids with ADHD by following my ADHD Tips board on Pinterest!

You can get plenty of tips for homeschooling and parenting kids with ADHD when you sign up for our email newsletter!

Don’t miss these other great posts!

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Free Alphabet Animal Notebooking Pages

August 8, 2017 by Selena Robinson 1 Comment

I just love practicing handwriting. When I was a kid, I would spend a lot of my free time doodling, writing, and trying to make my handwriting as gorgeous as possible. (Do kids still do that in these text-heavy days?)

It’s true that penmanship isn’t as popular as it used to be, but it’s still a great skill for kids to learn. And that’s why I’m sharing these free alphabet animal notebooking pages!

A to Z Animal Handwriting Practice Printables

These are a perfect complement to our Alphabet Animal Flashcards! You can use them for letter recognition, tracing practice, and handwriting! Read on to see how to get your set for free!

These alphabet animal notebooking pages are a fun way to practice handwriting!

Free Alphabet Animal Notebooking Pages

To use these animal notebooking pages, you’ll need the following: (Affiliate links are provided here for convenience. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

  • Printer (with ink)
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  • Pencils

Alphabet Animal Notebooking Pages for Kids

You might want to focus on one animal notebooking page per day. So on Day 1, you could complete the A is for alligator page.

Have your child trace the uppercase and lowercase letter “A” at the top. Then they can trace the phrase “A is for alligator”.

A to Z Animal Notebooking Pages

On the lines below, have your child practice rewriting “A is for alligator” up to seven times. They can even color in the line art alligator at the bottom!

Printable Alphabet Animal Notebooking Pages

There are different animals for each letter – from A…

Alphabet Animal Handwriting Practice Pages

…all the way to Z!

Alphabet Animal Notebooking Printables

Scroll down to get free Alphabet Animal Notebooking Pages!

Get more alphabet practice with these fun learning activities!

Pick up these sign language alphabet flashcards to learn how to sign your way through the alphabet in ASL!

Early learners will have a ball with this fun cupcake letter matching activity featuring uppercase and lowercase letters!

Teach your kids how to say and recognize the alphabet in Spanish with this printable Spanish learning kit for kids!

And see even more awesome educational printables on my Homeschool Printables Pinterest board!

A to Z Animals Notebooking Pages

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