ZB Style - Handwriting Worksheets - The Letter Aa

ZB Style - The Letter Aa

Practice Writing the Letter Aa

Two Identical Lessons on Some Worksheets: On some of the worksheets, there are two identical lessons on each printable worksheet. Why are there two identical lessons on each sheet? It seems like a odd idea now and I am having trouble remembering why I decided to make them this way, but I suppose the second lesson could be saved and used a week or two later or given to a second student.

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handwriting worksheets for the letter a in zaner bloser style

Dotted, Hollow, Boxes, and Practice: The letters are either dotted or the letters are hollow. One of the worksheets with dotted letters also have individual letter boxes with a starting dot. Each letter style, dotted or hollow, will have a practice worksheet. The dotted letter worksheets have both tracing and practice worksheets. The hollow letter worksheets have starting dot.

2-Stroke A, 3-Stroke A: Capital a can be written with 1 pencil lift or 2. I am providing both because I don't know which one you will prefer.

The Letter Height of the Printed Worksheet

Below is a photograph of my two copies along with an ancient yellow ruler that somehow escaped being broken over the decades. As you can see, the height is just over 1/2 of an inch or 14 mm. The letter size might vary a little from person to person.

rule size of manuscript set

Hand Drawn Animations of Writing the Manuscript A

The animations are un-intimidating and hand-drawn. The lower case "a" has absolutely no pencil lift. If you require a pencil lift, see the link below. Both 2-stroke and 3-stroke are also animated.

Click on these links to access the animations:
Lower case a with no pencil lift | 2-stroke A | 3-stroke A

animations of handwriting

Prefer an Animation with a Pencil Lift? See an animated a with a distinct pencil lift at:
Donna Young's Manuscript Letter Animations "a" (enlarged image version)

Handwriting Worksheets

Instructions, click on the link to open the file and print. The files are PDF

Printable Handwriting Paper that Coordinates with The Handwriting Lessons

For more choices in handwriting paper see: Free Printable Handwriting Paper
For smaller rule see the bottom of the ZB Animations Home Page: Donna Young's Manuscript Handwriting Animations

14 mm Rule

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14 mm Rule

Two Lessons

February 5, 2011
Donna Young