Word Tracing

Each word gets its own block: one solid copy to look at, dotted copies to trace across the line, then empty rule underneath to write it from memory. Type any list — a child's name, this week's spellings, the days of the week — or load one of the presets; leave it empty and the words are the names of the pictures, in the book's language. Or take words from a word bank, or from the picture library by sound: every picture whose name starts with p, has the syllable pa, or contains lh. Words are printed exactly as typed unless you ask for a case, so a name keeps its capital. Write in print, in the school cursive of the book's language, or in capitals. Only as many words as will fit at a sensible line height are printed, so a long list makes a page a child can still write on rather than a page of hairlines.

Age

ages 3–9

Answer key

Not needed for this page

Skills

handwritingspellingfine motorpencil control

What you can change

• Where the words come from

  My own list, A word bank, Pictures by sound

• How many words

  3–12 words

• Lines per word

  1–4 lines

• Longest word

  3–12 letters

• Handwriting

  Print, Cursive, CAPITALS

• Case

  As typed, small letters, CAPITALS, First letter big

• Line style

  Handwriting rules, Baseline and midline, Plain lines, Two lines, Four lines, shaded band

• Cursive model

  The book's language, Portugal, Brazil, Spain, France, Italy…

• Every page also takes the book's language, page size, theme and pictures.