Resources for left-handed learners is a constant request from readers. After getting another one earlier this month, I did some online research to find some left-handed handwriting pages to share. What I found {or didn’t find} was very discouraging.
So I decided to do something about it and create some left-handed handwriting pages for printed letters. Today, I’m sharing 7 of them for free! {These freebies come from my Left-Handed Handwriting Pages Pack.}
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FREE Left-Handed Handwriting Pages
How are these pages “left-handed” handwriting pages? You might be asking yourself this question.
1. The example is at the top right of the page. This prevents left-handed learners from covering up the example when they are writing.
2. At the top right of the pages, there’s an image to remind learners to tilt their paper, with the left corner pointing up.
3. The strokes for horizontal lines are different in the examples. As seen in the image above, instead of pushing horizontal strokes from left to right, the arrow shows left-handed writers how to pull the pencil from right to left.
Some professionals disagree on this point. In my Left-Handed Handwriting Pages Pack, I’ve also included some alternate versions to these letters, where learners are asked to form the letter strokes just like right-handed learners.
4. The examples on the writing lines are to the right of the practice area. When a leftie has the example to the left, his/her hand often covers up the example.
BONUS: Also included are images that go with each letter to reinforce letter sounds, too!
…or download just the 7 freebies for print by clicking below!
Enjoy!
~Becky
Cindy Merrill says
February 23, 2017 at 12:51 pmGood for you, creating pages for left-handed children. I am left-handed, and somehow managed to end up with excellent handwriting. I believe during handwriting practice I automatically tilted my paper the correct way for someone left-handed, so never wrote back-handed.
Sonia says
February 23, 2017 at 6:35 pmHi Becky! I’ve been following the blog for a while, your materials are awesome and inspiring. I have a more unusual question. I write with my right hand because I was forced to do so as a kid, but I consider myself left handed by nature, since I do almost everything else with my left hand. I want to learn to write as a lefty, but I don’t know where to start. Are there any resources for adults? Is it too late at 27 to do that?
Thanks.