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D’Nealian Handwriting Charts – Free!

By thisreadingmama 7 Comments

If you teach using the D’Nealian or slant handwriting font, these free D’Nealian Handwriting Charts will come in super handy!

These letter formation charts are samples from my D’Nealian Handwriting Pack, which includes resources for right-handed and left-handed learners.

D'Nealian Handwriting Charts for Right-Handed AND Left-Handed Learners - This Reading Mama

**The free printable handwriting charts can be found at the END of this post. Click on the teal download link.

 

Free D’Nealian Handwriting Charts

D’Nealian handwriting, or sometimes called slant, is kind of a mix between print and cursive, learning more towards cursive. {How’s that for a formal definition?}

We’ve always used print until I introduce cursive in the 3rd grade. But this year, my 2nd grader is working on slant. She likes how “fancy” it looks and how close some of the letters look to cursive. I like how it is preparing her for cursive next year.

 

D'Nealian Handwriting Formation Charts - This Reading Mama

So, I’m sharing some free D’Nealian Handwriting Charts for both right-handed and left-handed learners from our D’Nealian Handwriting Pack.

You might be wondering what the difference is between the right-handed and left-handed charts? Take a look below!

 

right-handed D'Nealian handwriting chart example

RIGHT-handed example

 

left-handed D'Nealian handwriting strokes

LEFT-handed example

Just like with our left-handed handwriting pages, learners are instructed to pull their pencil from right to left with the horizontal lines instead of pushing their pencil from left to right. This happens with several different letters, but you can see it especially with the A, E, and F.

You might also like our Roll and Write Handwriting Pages. You’ll find boards for print and D’Nealian handwriting.

 

Grab our ENTIRE D’Nealian Handwriting Pack
or keep scrolling for the free charts!

 

 

Grab the freebies by clicking below:

 

 

Enjoy teaching!
~Becky

 

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Comments

  1. Shari Chan says

    July 15, 2018 at 10:57 pm

    Thanks for sharing the D’Nealian alphabet charts. You are the first person I have ever seen to differentiate between left and right handers. Makes total sense.

    Reply
    • thisreadingmama says

      July 16, 2018 at 6:33 am

      You’re welcome! 🙂

      Reply
  2. Tapasi says

    January 16, 2020 at 12:06 am

    This was quite helpful

    Reply
  3. EJ says

    January 18, 2020 at 10:16 am

    The nuns used to smack my left hand, make me sit on it, and other abuses to try to make me right handed. My mother went to the school, talked to the principal, and the nuns grudgingly left me alone. Thanks for the lefty stuff. I always instructed my college students who were going to be teachers how to teach lefties. It makes a difference to those of us who are left handed to have someone knowledgeable.

    Reply
    • thisreadingmama says

      January 19, 2020 at 7:04 am

      Oh my! My father was also forced to write with his right hand. He has terrible handwriting because he’s really a lefty! This was a fun resource to make, and I’m glad it can help alleviate the stress for both kids and their teachers. 🙂

      Reply
  4. Melissa says

    October 11, 2021 at 2:39 pm

    These are SO helpful for my Kinders! Do you by chance have one for numbers as well?

    Reply
    • thisreadingmama says

      October 18, 2021 at 10:35 am

      I sure don’t, but I can add it to my list of things to create!

      Reply

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Hi! I’m Becky, a homeschooling mama with 4 blessings who keep me on my toes {and knees}. Before homeschooling, I was a classroom teacher (M.Ed.) and reading tutor. Read more about me here.

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