YoungMinds Free Printable Handwriting Lessons

Handwriting Worksheets, Paper, Tips, & Fonts

My handwriting section has several small handwriting sets and one large handwriting set. The handwriting lessons are free to print. This section also contains notebook filler and handwriting paper in several sizes and types. I also have letter animations.

Usage Summary

If you are teaching one child or a group of children (or adults) you may print the files to use in your class for your students. I do not restrict how many copies that you may print, as long as you are printing them for your students. If others want to use the resources, please send them to this web site. The full: Terms of Use

Newest Section - By Style

The By Style section is very new, so new that it only has two sets- one very large manuscript handwriting set and one very small cursive handwriting set. The large set, ZB Manuscript is quite large, extraordinarily large with over 500 files and each file having two handwiring lessons. Not only that, ZB Manuscript has a complete set of Manuscript Handwriting Animations that include both uppercase and lowercase. The small cursive set has one file per letter and each file has two cursive handwriting lessons. I intend to add more within the year. I apologize for the length of time it takes me to finished some sets. I'm the only person who works here and it is a large website.

• Beginning Manuscript Tracing shapes, letter break-down, big letters, medium letters, small letters, words - See also 133 Manuscript Lessons
  1. Printing Readiness
  2. Large Letters -K-1
  3. K-1 Words
  4. Handwriting and Tracing Shapes
  5. Medium Letters
  6. Targeted Manuscript
  7. Manuscript Handwriting Animations
  8. Hollow Letters for Tracing, Coloring, & Collages
• 133 Manuscript Lessons Letter introduction goes along with the book, Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons
  1. The Lessons
  2. Using Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons
  3. The Cards
  4. Printer Margins
  5. Manuscript Handwriting Animations
• Small Print Writing small letters
  1. Zaner-Bloser Style
  2. Pre-Cursive Style
  3. Rules of Civility
  4. Rules of Civility Notebook, Copywork
• Cursive Handwriting Section
  1. Big Cursive Handwriting Lessons
  2. D'Nealian like Cursive Handwriting Practice
  3. Cursive Handwriting Practice
  4. Connecting Cursive Capitals
  5. Cursive Words Handwriting Practice
  6. Donna Young's Cursive Letter Animations
• Handwriting and Filler Paper Section
  1. Handwriting Paper
     1. Colored Rule and Yellow Stripe Paper
     2. Black and White or Grayscale
     3. History Themes Paper
     4. Whimsical Themes Paper
  2. Blank Top Handwriting Paper
  3. Notebook Filler Paper
     1. Filler Paper
     2. Animal Themes Filler
     3. History Themes Filler
     4. Literature Themes Filler
     5. Miscellaneous Themes Filler
  4. Blank Top Notebook Filler Paper
  5. Horizontal Filler
  6. Booklets, Half-Sized and Quarter-Sized
     1. Outer Edges, 5.5 x 8.5 Booklets
     2. 5.5 x 8.5 Folded Booklet
• Handwriting Tips
  1. Composition Book Homemade Handwriting Lessons
  2. General Handwriting Teaching Tips
  3. Recipes for Play Dough & Finger Paint
  4. Homemade Cursive Handwriting Lessons
  5. Homemade Manuscript Handwriting Lessons
• Handwriting Fonts
  1. SchoolScriptDashed
  2. Print Clearly
  3. PrecursiveNewDashed
  4. Learning Curve
  5. SS-Left Hand Font
  6. Penmanship Print
  7. Jardotty

Updated July 17, 2011, Donna Young