Handwriting tips and worksheets for left-handed children
Your child writes with the left hand and smudges the writing, hooks the wrist or cannot see what they just wrote. Left-handed children learn the same letters, but a few changes to the paper and the grip make it much easier.
For: Parents and teachers of left-handed children
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- Writing goes from left to right, so a left hand pushes into the writing instead of pulling away from it.
- To see the words, many left-handers hook their wrist above the line, which is tiring.
- Most worksheets put the example on the left, under the left hand.
What helps
- Tilt the paper to the right (top corner to the right) and place it left of the body’s middle.
- Hold the pencil a little further from the tip, so the writing stays visible.
- Keep the wrist below the line of writing, not hooked over it.
- Use pencils that do not smudge, and sit on the left of a right-handed neighbour.
The planstep by step.
1Week 1: comfortable strokes
Practise lines and circles with the paper tilted. Check the wrist stays below the line.
2Week 2: letters and words
Letter families and words. Cross letters like t and f from left to right like everyone else, or right to left if that is more comfortable.
Questions
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The LetterSchool app
Between worksheets: practise in the app
The same letter shapes as this sheet, with instant feedback on every line, animations and stars. Children play, and learn the right formation.