Pencil pressure practice (sheet 1)
Handwriting · Pencil pressureKindergarten – Grade 2Free PDF
Free printable pencil pressure worksheet (sheet 1): color from very light to very dark, then trace words as a whisper, just right and a shout, to feel the difference.
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Part of these worksheet packsWhen your child’s hand gets tired from writing →Pressing too hard or too light →Low muscle tone, bendy joints and handwriting →
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The same ZB style shapes as this sheet, as your child plays them in LetterSchool: three short games that teach where to start and which way to go.
- 1Tap the dots
- 2Trace the path
- 3Write it yourself
How to use this worksheet
- 1Children who press very hard tire quickly and tear the paper; very light writing is hard to read.
- 2Feeling the three levels on purpose helps them find “just right”.
- 3Tip for hard pressers: write on a mouse pad. If the pencil pokes through, it is too hard.
Words on this sheet
suncat
Words children read are printed in school print (Zaner-Bloser style), with the same simple a and g they learn to write. Print on US Letter or A4; the PDF has no ads and no website headers.
