1. Handwriting Tips and Tricks

2. Helpful Handwriting Terms
Clockwise
Counter-Clockwise
Topline
Midline
Baseline
Basement

3. Lowercase Letters
a-z

4. Pencil Movement f i j k t x a b c d e g h l m n o p q r s u v w y z
PICK-UP PENCIL
DO NO PICK-UP PENCIL
f i j k t x a b c d e g h l m n o p q r s u v w y z

5. a
Handwriting Rules: Start at 2 o’clock Circle around counter-clockwise back to 2 o’clock Pull straight down to the baseline

6. Circle around clockwise to 8 o’clockb
Handwriting Rules: Start at just below the topline Pull straight down to the baseline
Push back up to 10 o’clock
Circle around clockwise to 8 o’clock

7. c
Handwriting Rules: Start at 2 o’clock Circle around counter-clockwise to 4 o’clock

8. Pull straight back down to the baseline
Handwriting Rules: Start at 2 o’clock Circle around counter-clockwise back to 2 o’clock Push up to just below the topline
Pull straight back down to the baseline

9. Handwriting Rules: Start at 9 o’clock
Pull straight across to 3 o’clock Circle around counter-clockwise to 4 o’clock

10. f Handwriting Rules: Start halfway between the topline and midline
Curve up to almost the topline the back down
Pull straight down to the baseline
Pick-up your pencil then cross the “f” just above the midline

11. g
Handwriting Rules: Start at 2 o’clock Circle around counter-clockwise back to 2 o’clock Pull straight down to the basement and circle clockwise from 4 o’clock to 8 o’clock

12. h Handwriting Rules: Start just below the topline
Pull straight down to the baseline
Push back up to 9 o’clock
Curve around clockwise to 3 o’clock

13. i Handwriting Rules: Start at the midline at 12 o’clock
Pull straight down to the baseline to 6 o’clock
Pick-up your pencil and place the dot just above the midline

14. j Handwriting Rules: Start at the midline at 12 o’clock
Pull straight down through the baseline into the basement to 6 o’clock
Curve around clockwise to 8 o’clock
Pick-up your pencil and place the dot just above the midline

15. k Handwriting Rules: Start just below the topline
Pull straight down to the baseline to 6 o’clock
Pick-up your pencil and start at the midline
Angle through 2 o’clock towards the stick of the “k”
Angle back away from the stick of the “k” through 4 o’clock to the baseline

16. l Handwriting Rules: Start just below the topline
Pull straight down to the baseline to 6 o’clock

17. Curve around clockwise to 2 o’clock Pull straight down to the baselinem
Handwriting Rules: Start at the midline and pull straight down to the baseline
Push back up to 10 o’clock
Curve around clockwise to 2 o’clock
Pull straight down to the baseline

18. Curve around clockwise to 2 o’clock Pull straight down to the baseline
Handwriting Rules:
Start at the midline and pull straight down to the baseline Push back up to 10 o’clock
Curve around clockwise to 2 o’clock
Pull straight down to the baseline

19. o
Handwriting Rules: Start at 2 o’clock Circle around counter-clockwise back to 2 o’clock

20. Circle around clockwise to 8 o’clockp
Handwriting Rules: Start at the midline and pull down into the basement
Push back up to 10 o’clock
Circle around clockwise to 8 o’clock

21. q
Handwriting Rules: Start at 2 o’clock Circle around counter-clockwise back to 2 o’clock Pull straight down into the basement
Create the tail

22. r Handwriting Rules: Start at the midline
Pull straight down to the baseline
Push back up to 10 o’clock
Curve around clockwise to 2 o’clock

23. s Handwriting Rules: Start at 2 o’clock
Curve around counter-clockwise to 10 o’clock
Go through middle of clock to 4 o’clock
Curve around clock wise to 8 o’clock

24. t Handwriting Rules: Start just below the topline
Pull straight down to the baseline to 6 o’clock
Pick-up your pencil and place the cross just above the midline

25. u Handwriting Rules: Start at the midline
Pull straight down to 8 o’clock
Curve around counter-clockwise to 4 o’clock
Push up to the midline
Pull straight back down to the baseline

26. v Handwriting Rules: From midline angle down to baseline at 6 o’clock
Angle back up to midline

27. w Handwriting Rules: From midline angle down to baseline at 6 o’clock
Angle back up to the midline
Angle down to the baseline at 6 o’clock

28. x
Handwriting Rules: Start at midline and angle down to baseline through 11 o’clock and 5 o’clock
Pick up and cross from midline down to baseline through 1 o’clock and 7 o’clock

29. y Handwriting Rules: Start at the midline
Pull straight down to 8 o’clock
Curve around counter-clockwise to 4 o’clock and push up to the midline
Pull straight back down to the basement
Curve around clockwise from 4 o’clock to 8 o’clock

30. z
Handwriting Rules: Start at midline and pull straight across to the right
Angle down through the middle of the clock to the baseline right below the starting point
Pull straight across the on the baseline to just below the point above on the midline

31. Numbers
0-9

32. Start at 2 o’clock just below the topline
Handwriting Rules:
Start at 2 o’clock just below the topline
Circle around counter-clockwise back to 2 o’clock

33. 1 Handwriting Rules: Start at the topline
Pull straight down to the baseline to 6 o’clock

34. 2 Handwriting Rules: Start at 10 o’clock
Curve around clockwise to 4 o’clock
Angle to the baseline
Pull straight across the baseline

35. 3 Handwriting Rules: Start at 10 o’clock
Curve around clockwise to 6 o’clock on the midline
Curve around clockwise past the baseline to 8 o’clock

36. 4 Handwriting Rules: Start at the topline
Pull straight down to the midline
Draw straight across in the direction we read on the midline
Pick-up your pencil and at the topline
Pull straight down to the baseline crossing your line drawn on the midline

37. 5 Handwriting Rules: Start at the topline
Pull straight down to the midline
Curve around clockwise to 8 o’clock
Pick-up your pencil and put a hat in the direction we read

38. 6 Handwriting Rules: Start at the topline
Angle down towards the baseline to 10’clock
Circle around counter-clockwise back to 10 o’clock

39. 7
Handwriting Rules:
Start at the topline draw straight across in the direction we read
Angle down to the baseline stopping underneath the starting point

40. Curve up from the midline counter-clockwise back to 2 o’clock8
Handwriting Rules:
Start at 2 o’clock and curve counter-clockwise to 6 o’clock at the midline
Curve around clockwise from 12 o’clock at the midline back around to 12 o’clock
Curve up from the midline counter-clockwise back to 2 o’clock

41. 9 Handwriting Rules: Start at 2 o’clock
Circle around counter-clockwise back to 2 o’clock
Pull straight down to the baseline