How do you go about teaching handwriting? There are many different ways to help children learn to handwrite and other handwriting techniques.  Here are some handwriting activities to help you teach handwriting to preschoolers.

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Ways to Make Teaching Handwriting Easier

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Multisensory handwriting ideas are appropriate for younger learners to practice handwriting.

Air writing is a great way to get children thinking about letter formation and pretend their index finger is a lightsaber or magic wand.

Teaching Handwriting with Multisensory Activities #1: Air Writing

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Earning an easel for child practice is recommended by occupational therapists as a top list of handwriting strategies. Use paint, shaving cream, letter cards, and vocalizing to help children learn how to make letters.

Teaching Handwriting with Multisensory Activities #2: Easel Practice

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Play-doh, wikki stix, or pipe cleaners can be used to form letters with a variety of motor skills for preschoolers.

Teaching Handwriting with Multisensory Activities #3: Play-Doh and Wikki Stix

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Let your child practice vertical writing on cookie trays with sand, salt, or colored rice. They should vocalize their steps when forming letters and practice their pencil grasp with an unsharpened pencil, chopstick, or other fun object.

Teaching Handwriting with Multisensory Activities #4: Cookie Trays

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The Relaxed Homeschool has a FREE Handwriting Binder with 48 pages of printable handwriting worksheets to teach children how to form letters using a pencil and practice line tracing. Swipe up to read more on  4 Effective Multisensory Activities to Make Teaching Handwriting a Breeze!

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