Using Word Cards to Practice Writing

We are using our word cards to practice writing this week.   I wrote earlier about how I love the collection of sight words from Erudition (we’re giving a game of theirs away this week).   The words have been incredibly helpful!   You can easily make your own cards, but I love that they did the work for me.   Now I can set my daughter up on the floor with our tracing tray and she can practice writing with relatively little assistance. .

To make your tracing tray:

We used a cookie sheet and I have wheat berries lying about.   We love fresh baked bread!   I poured a cup or two of wheat berries on the cookie tray.   If you don’t have wheat you can use glitter, sprinkles, old spices, dirt, flour, etc.     I just like how easy the wheat berries are to clean up.

To practice writing words:

We got our word cards out and picked a word.   I began by writing the word at first for my preschooler.   After I wrote it she would trace where I wrote. She picked a new card and we would write the new word.   Then I began giving her her own words to write.   She did a great job! . After a few cycles of cards on the tracing tray, my gal began writing with a marker on computer paper.   If your kids are anything like mine, they will go through a lot of paper with this method!   I really should laminate a piece of cardboard to save the trees! And don’t miss these free printable name writing practice! Check out these creative name writing activities! Don’t miss out on these b and d reversal worksheets!