Handwriting Activities for Kids

Boost penmanship with these handwriting activities for kids! From sensory writing trays to creative exercises, these activities make practicing handwriting fun and effective.

Rainbow Sprinkles Sensory Writing Tray: A Sweet Way to Learn Letters

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This Rainbow Sprinkles Writing Tray is an excellent sensory activity that not only makes learning fun but also improves your child’s fine motor skills and concentration. By writing in a tray filled with colorful sprinkles, your child will engage their senses and have a blast while they learn. So let’s sprinkle some learning fun into … Read more

Light Saber Sensory Writing Tray

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Star Wars Light-saber Sensory Writing Tray

This weekend we introduced Little Man to the Star Wars Movies for the first time and he has absolutely fallen in love. He has always loved the Clone Wars cartoons so it was awesome to finally be able to introduce him to the movies and have them hold his attention. Throughout the entire first movie … Read more

Peppermint Sensory Writing Tray

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This peppermint sensory writing tray is an awesome way to work on sight words while getting some sensory exploration!

When it comes to the holidays, peppermint is one of my favorite scents. Just one whiff and it is an instant magical trip back to the land of Santa and Rudolph and snow. Never fails, like a great glass of hot coco, peppermint will always remind me of this time of year. Because of that when it came time to work on our writing tonight I couldn’t think of any excuse to not make a Peppermint Sensory Writing Tray…tis the season 🙂

This peppermint sensory writing tray is an awesome way to work on sight words while getting some sensory exploration!

Sensory writing trays are an excellent way to make challenging tasks for your child fun! These can be used from basic working on fine motor skills to sight words to even math problems! We love using sensory trays in our home!

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Handwriting Practice Made Fun and Easy!

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Handwriting Practice Made Fun and Easy

For many kids handwriting can be a daunting task. It doesn’t help that writing can have a reputation of being tedious and boring. Handwriting doesn’t have to be that way though. Here are some ways to make handwriting practice fun and playful to help your child fall in love with writing!

Handwriting Practice Made Fun and Easy

With the availability of technology I have heard countless times that handwriting is a thing of the past; that teaching children cursive is not necessary. To this I strongly disagree. There is a magic in paper and pencil that our children should be allowed to explore. A level of creativity that a keyboard can not pass along. Handwriting is so much more than just printing symbols, it is about creating.

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