Writing Resources

Here are some resources that we have used while learning at home.  Please enjoy downloading any templates for your own use free of charge.  I plan on adding more pages as time goes on.

Pre-Writing Resources:

Uppercase Trace and Build Templates (A-Z)

Let your preschooler discover what types of lines it takes to build an uppercase letter!  I recommend laminating these pages not only for durability, but also for repeated use as dry erase templates for your child to practice tracing each letter.  Your child will learn where each letter sits in reference to the top, bottom, and mid-lines and will learn in which order to make each stroke by laying the pieces down in the correct order.

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Uppercase Trace and Build Pieces

This is to be used with the Uppercase Trace and Build Templates, but may be used on its own.  These pieces include all of the lines and curves that are required to build all of the uppercase letters.  I recommend printing these on colored paper and laminating them for optimal ease of use.  Have your preschooler first practice building the letters on the templates, and as they progress, let them build the letters on their own.

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Lowercase Trace and Build Templates (A-Z)

Let your preschooler discover what types of lines it takes to build a lowercase letter!  I recommend laminating these pages not only for durability, but also for repeated use as dry erase templates for your child to practice tracing each letter.  Your child will learn where each letter sits in reference to the top, bottom, and mid-lines and will learn in which order to make each stroke by laying the pieces down in the correct order.

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Lowercase Trace and Build Pieces



This is to be used with the Lowercase Trace and Build Templates, but may be used on its own.  These pieces include all of the lines and curves that are required to build all of the lowercase letters.  I recommend printing these on colored paper and laminating them for optimal ease of use.  Have your preschooler first practice building the letters on the templates, and as they progress, let them build the letters on their own.

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Trace and Cut Pages 


Enjoy six pages of dotted lines for your child to practice tracing or cutting.  Tracing these will help your child learn the movements that are necessary for writing the letters of the alphabet.  These can be laminated to be used time and time again with a dry erase marker.  Your child can also practice fine motor skills by using these lines as guides for cutting with scissors.  I recommend printing these on card stock to provide extra sturdiness for beginning scissor users.

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Chore Chart 

This is a simple chart designed for your little one to put their coin stickers on that they earn from doing chores.  You fill in the date and then the total amount earned at the end of the row.  To see how we use this click here.

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Copywork for Beginning Writers:

Here are four pages for fall!  This copywork for your child includes the leaves/words oak, maple, elm, and birch.  To see how we used these as a basis for a fun morning of learning, click here.

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(The writing lines don't show up right when you click on this link, but they should be right once you download them.  Please let me know if they are not right!)




Good Books Copywork

These are copywork pages for the first 24 spelling words listed in The Writing Road to Reading.  I have paired each one of the words with a sentence from one of the books on Classical Christian Homeschooling's 1000 Good Books list.

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