Pre-Year 1 Handwriting | Mastering Basic Shapes & Letter Formation (Free Printable)

FREE Pre-Year 1 handwriting workbook! Teaches the 6 basic shapes that form all letters. Develops fine motor skills with tracing, coloring, and anti-clockwise movement practice.

Welcome to DownloadWorksheets.com! Our “Pre-Year 1 Handwriting” workbook from the Butterfly series takes a unique and effective approach to handwriting. Instead of starting with letters, it begins by mastering the six basic shapes that form all English letters. Through fun coloring, tracing, and drawing activities, children develop the fine motor control and muscle memory needed for correct letter formation, all guided by friendly characters.

Our Pre-Year 1 Handwriting Workbook helps develop:

Pre-Writing Skills: Focuses on the foundational shapes: anti-clockwise curves, clockwise curves, vertical, horizontal, and diagonal lines.

Fine Motor Control: Activities are designed to strengthen hand muscles and improve pencil grip.

Visual-Spatial Skills: Teaches children how to follow arrows, understand direction, and stay within lines.

Letter Formation Foundation: Prepares children to write letters correctly and confidently.

Sitting & Posture: Introduces the correct sitting posture for writing.

What’s Included?
Shape-Based Curriculum: Pages dedicated to each of the six basic writing shapes.
Tracing Practice: Ample practice tracing lines, curves, and patterns.
Coloring Activities: Fun coloring pages that integrate with the tracing exercises.
Character Guidance: The Butterfly characters make learning engaging and provide tips.
Arrow-Following Exercises: Develops the ability to understand stroke direction.

Why Choose Us? Builds handwriting skills from the ground up, prevents bad writing habits, makes learning to write fun and stress-free, excellent for developing fine motor skills, no prep needed, 100% free.

Perfect For: Preschool, Nursery, Occupational Therapy, Homeschooling, Handwriting Readiness.

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