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Homeschool Handwriting Worksheets

Free printable handwriting sheets arranged as a sequence you can teach at home, from first print letters through to fluent cursive copywork.

Work through the stages in order, and move on when the current one feels easy rather than on a fixed schedule. Each stage starts with tracing, adds trace-and-copy, then moves to words and sentences, so your child is always one small step past what they can already do.

The warm-up drills and blank four-line paper at the bottom fit any stage. Use them for a two-minute start to each lesson, or open any sheet in the generator and swap in this week's spelling words.

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01
Stage 1 · Print Letters
A–z Basic print with arrows worksheet thumbnail Save Single sheet
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A–z Basic print with arrows

All 26 uppercase and lowercase print letters with arrows indicating stroke order, on four-line guides. Oversized letters, great for new learners of any age. One letter per row with tracing.

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A–z Basic print

All 26 uppercase and lowercase upright print letters on four-line guides. One letter per row with tracing.

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A–z Basic print with copy

All 26 uppercase and lowercase upright print letters on four-line guides. One letter per row with tracing followed by empty guided lines for copy practice.

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A-z print Full pages

26 pages, one for each letter, in print for tracing and copywork on four-line guides.

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Stage 2 · Slanted Print
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Alphabet A–z Basic print (slanted)

All 26 uppercase and lowercase slightly slanted print letters on four-line guides. One letter per row with tracing.

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A–z Basic print (slant)

All 26 uppercase and lowercase slightly slanted print letters on four-line guides. One letter per row with tracing followed by empty guided lines for copy practice.

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Basic print (slanted) - By shape group

Print letters grouped by shared stroke shapes on four-line guides. Each group includes dotted tracing rows followed by empty guided lines for copy practice.

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Words by Shape groups

Words with letters grouped by shape families on four-line guides. Lines for tracing and copying.

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Basic print (slanted) - text

Short texts written in slightly slanted print on four-line guides. Each line is shown as a dotted tracing row followed by an empty guided line for independent copy practice.

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Basic print (slanted) - Pangrams

Pangrams written in slightly slanted print on four-line guides. Each pangram is shown as a dotted tracing row followed by an empty guided line for independent copy practice.

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Stage 3 · Cursive Letters
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A-z - Pre-cursive

All 26 uppercase and lowercase pre-cursive slanted letters with exit strokes, on four-line guides. One letter per row with tracing.

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A-z - Pre-cursive trace + copy

All 26 uppercase and lowercase pre-cursive slanted letters with exit strokes, on four-line guides. One letter per row with tracing and copy.

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A-z - Basic cursive

All 26 uppercase and lowercase cursive letters on four-line guides. One letter per row with dotted tracing.

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A-z - Basic cursive with copy

All 26 uppercase and lowercase cursive letters on four-line guides. One letter per row with dotted tracing followed by empty guided lines for copy practice.

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Basic cursive - By shape group

Cursive letters grouped by shared stroke shapes on four-line guides. Each group includes dotted tracing rows followed by empty guided lines for copy practice.

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A-z cursive Full pages

26 pages, one for each letter, in cursive for tracing and copywork on four-line guides.

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Stage 4 · Cursive Copywork
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Basic cursive text

Short texts written in basic cursive on four-line guides. Each line is shown as a dotted tracing row followed by an empty guided line for independent copy practice.

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Basic cursive - Pangrams

Pangrams written in basic cursive on four-line guides. Each pangram is shown as a dotted tracing row followed by an empty guided line for independent copy practice.

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Warm-ups & Blank Paper
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Line drills: strokes and arches

The foundation drills from our control exercises guide: vertical downstrokes, horizontal strokes, both diagonals and connected arches in a clear print style. Each drill appears twice, a dotted row to trace and an empty guide row for freehand practice.

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Shape drills: ovals and loops

Cursive shape drills: spaced ovals, connected ovals, ascender loops, descender loops and the u to n alternation, all with proper cursive joins. Trace the dotted row, then repeat the movement freehand on the empty row below.

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Full drill sequence

The complete warm-up to shape-drill sequence on two pages: verticals, horizontals, diagonals and arches first, then ovals, loops and curve alternations in connected cursive. A ready-made seven-minute drill session before your regular practice.

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Empty four-line

Empty page with only the 4 guide lines, for easy printing and copywork practice.

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