Category: Writing Skills

Heart Cutting Strips

2/4/2019

The free membership printable this week is heart cutting strips for fine motor develpemnt. I printed the patterns on both regular and cardstock paper and cut them out.

In this activity children cut across the lines on each strip. I have made the strips with both black and white as well as color hearts. You can also do counting and sorting activities with the hearts after cutting.

You can grab the patterns below for free until Sunday February 10th ... after that date they will only be available in the member's section which is also where I have added heart writing skills.

heart cutting strips

heart writing skills for preschool and kindergarten

heart writing skills added to the members section

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Learning Friends Wipe-Off Boards

5/24/2018

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learning friends wipe-off boards for preschool and kindergarten

I made a set of write-on wipe-off boards for our writing center that we used with washable markers. I printed the patterns on cardstock paper and laminated them. I made both blank and lined boards with different color options for printing. You can download the patterns below:

learning friends write-on wipe-off boards

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Sea Shell Pre-Writing

7/3/2017

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sea shell pre-writing for preschool and kindergarten

The free membership printable this week is Sea Shell Pre-Writing Sheets for writing and fine motor development. I printed the tracing sheets on cardstock paper and laminated them.

In this activity the children trace the lines in each row with their finger and then with a washable marker. There are five tracing sheets included with both black lines and gray lines.

You can grab the patterns for free until Sunday July 9th ... after that they will only be available in the member's section which is also where I have added Sea Shell Math.

sea shell pre-writing

sea shell math for preschool and kindergarten

sea shell math added to the member's section

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Robot Shape Tracing

3/23/2017

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robot shape tracing for preschool and kindergarten

I made some shape tracers to go along with our robot theme this week. I printed them out on cardstock paper ... cut them out and then laminated them. I put them out in our writing center along with some washable markers.

robot shape tracers for preschool and kindergarten

The children began by tracing the shapes with their fingers and then tracing them with the washable markers. Shape tracers are great for pre-writing and fine motor skills developement. You can grab the patterns below:

robot shape tracers **save and open file in adobe reader**

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Color Match and Trace

3/6/2017

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color match and trace for preschool and kindergarten

The free membership printable this week is color match and trace which is great for color recognition and pre-writing skills. I printed the patterns on cardstock paper ... cut them out and laminated them.

I made color cards ... color word cards ... and color/color word matching cards. You can use the color and color word cards for matching as well. I set the color word cards out and children place the color cards on top of them.

I also made color word tracing cards in both black and white as well as color. Children trace the color words with their finger first and then with washable markers.

You can grab the patterns for free until Sunday March 12th ... after that they will only be available in the member's section which is also where I have added number match and trace cards.

color match and trace

number match and trace for preschool and kindergarten

number match and trace added to the member's section

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Teddy Bear Shape Tracers

8/3/2016

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teddy bear shape tracers for preschool and kindergarten

teddy bear color puzzles also added to the member's section

The free membership printable this week is teddy bear shape tracers. I printed the patterns on cardstock paper ... cut them out and laminated them. I then set them out along with washable markers.

Shape tracers are great for developing fine motor and writing skills as well as shape identification. I have included an all black and white set ... a colored bear only version .... and a colored bear with colored shapes version so you have a choice in which to use with your early learners.

shape tracers for preschool and kindergarten

In this activity the children trace the shapes with their finger first and then with a washable marker. You can grab the patterns for free until Sunday August 7th ... after that they will only be available in the member's section which is also where I have add teddy bear color puzzles.