Primary English: Handwriting and letter formation skills

Ensure your KS1 and KS2 classes are confident with handwriting patterns, letter formations and handwriting practice using these ready-to-use resources

Tes Resources Team

9th September 2025

Pupil using a handwriting resource line guide to practice hand writing skills

Booklets, worksheets and visual aids to support learners as they master letter formation

Handwriting is a complex skill that pupils learn and develop throughout school and we know how important it is to find tried-and-tested resources that will offer your pupils the support they need, from developing pencil skills to tackling cursive handwriting. So whether you're looking for handwriting patterns, letter formation worksheets, practice activity booklets or line guides, we have drawn together a selection of resources from teachers in the Tes community.

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Handwriting patterns

TeachersTimeTurner

The Little Red Hen Early writing tracing patterns

£2.00

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This resource is useful for when you are using the Little Red Hen story in class and are practicing early writing with your children. It includes 6 pages with writing patterns, a picture from the story and a word from the story for children to trace over.

isabellaamay

Roll and mark make activity

FREE

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This activity can be used as worksheets or laminated for children to use with a white board marker. To make this activity easier you can also print in A3. Thank you for downloading and if you find the time please leave a review.

SchoolsTools

Tracing Patterns

FREE

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Have fun practicing pen control by tracing patterns including lines, zigzags and waves. Tracing Patterns printables are great for your kids to help them developing their pre-writing and fine motor skills. You can print out and laminate them for use with markers and pens. This free pack includes 6 n...

medmunds43

Mark Making Discs

£1.00

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Set of black and white Mark Making Discs as seen on my Instagram...

Apple For The Teacher applefortheteacher.co.uk

Pencil Control Sheets EYFS SEN

£2.85

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Support children in their pencil control when beginning the early stages in writing. Use alongside motor skills activities such as threading, painting, cutting and sticking etc, to build up muscles and build up control. Great for learners with SEN who have difficulty with writing and EYFS learners.

fiona childs

Bee Patterns Trace and Cut

FREE

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Celebrate #WorldBeeDay (20th May each year) with some bee-themed handwriting patterns and cutting skills! For more minibeast-themed resources including card and board games, mazes, sudoku and book making check out https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/minibeasts-big-bug-bundle-12340248 Teachers T...

Letter formation worksheets

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Letter Formation - A-Z

FREE

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A full A-Z set of writing formation sheets to help children practise forming their letters. The resource is available for practising upper case, lower case or both cases. Each sheet contains an example of the letter containing arrows to indicate how to form the letter. It also contains example le...

MissLexic

Letter Formation Booklet

£2.50

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Letter formation practice. Contains all letters of the alphabet in 3 different sized font, plus a join the dots picture on each page. Learning to form letters correctly can be a challenge for children, particularly those with visual perception challenges, fine motor skill difficulties, or additiona...

guineapigeducation

WORKSHEETS To Practice Handwriting (4-7 years)

£2.99

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A set of printable worksheets to practice handwriting. Introducing you to our brand new Zoggy Zero scheme. Help your child/ren to take their first steps in reading, writing and spelling, with this exciting structured scheme. 19 pages

njdc61

Letter Recognition and Handwriting

£1.80

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26 worksheets in which children can practice letter recognition and handwriting. One worksheet for each letter of the alphabet with each showing a picture to color that begins with that letter, letters to trace and handwriting lines to write for themselves and also the letter shown using a variety o...

misslucas_eyfs

Rainbow Letters - Handwriting Formation

FREE

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Rainbow Letter Non Cursive Formation Handwriting Booklet. Detailed explanation of what Rainbow Letters is and how I use the booklet within the classroom. An A-Z booklet with a page per letter. There is a large letter for children trace as well as lined space underneath for the children to practice...

oceanic-dolphin

Cursive Handwriting Sheets

£4.00

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Your purchase includes: 1 cursive handwriting book (lower case cursive letters only) And 1 finger writing book (lower case cursive letters only) Each page teaches you how to form the letter. Sheets can be given to children as homework for parents/carers to help at home. The 'Finger Writin...

Handwriting practice

Top Marks Teaching Resources

Handwriting Dictionary

£1.12

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A handwriting booklet that can be used as a dictionary. Students can add words to each letter in their dictionary as they learn new words and sounds. Each letter has its own page and space for various words beginning with each letter. At the back their is a second dictionary template with a s...

TheLorax

Cursive Handwriting Booklets and Sheets - Updated

FREE

(165)

A series of handwriting booklets, each based on a specific handwriting skill (forming the anticlockwise letters, the tall letters, etc.). If you preview the resource using the preview window then it may look wrongly formatted but when if you download it and open it then everything will be laid out c...

Jamie O'Keeffe

Year 3 and 4 Handwriting and Spelling Booklet

£1.50

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This bundle allows pupils to practise their handwriting and spellings concurrently. The spellings have been sourced from the National Curriculum Statutory Spellings List for Years 3&4. There are 3 documents provided in this bundle. * The 1st document provides children with one of the Y3/4 st...

gjcurry

Handwriting Intervention Y5/6 words booklet

£1.00

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This printable workbook provides 8 sessions of scaffolded handwriting activities there are two sessions for each of the 4 main letter formation groups. The letter formation groups covered are those that start with: Curly shapes Straight line shapes Down, up and over shapes Zigzag...

Line guides

sjames15

Bubble Writing - Handwriting Scaffold LKS2

£5.00

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**Bubble writing - cursive handwriting scaffold** Like many primary school teachers I have tried a variety of handwriting schemes with varying degrees of success. Having thought through many common problems with handwriting I have developed a simple scaffold that places a bubble either side of the...

MissRCA

Handwriting paper (small lines PDF)

FREE

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Portrait handwriting paper ready to print. Reach red lines for ascenders and descenders. Perfect for handwriting practice when not using handwriting books. *Larger lines also available as a separate download.