Fun with Zaner-Bloser Handwriting

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Left-Handers Day Activity | Grades 2–5
What do Ben Franklin, Reggie Jackson, and Oprah Winfrey have in common? They’re all lefties! Celebrate Left-Handers Day with a fun handwriting-themed activity for the southpaws in your classroom.
Fun with Handwriting: Muscle-Relaxing Exercises
Teach teachers—and students!—how to recognize writing fatigue and provide relief. Fun suggestions get kids moving and re-positioned for writing excellence.
Fun with Handwriting: Guess the Number
Small-group number practice for writing and thinking.
Fun with Handwriting: Team Spacing
Team work and critical thinking lead to sentence success!
Fun with Handwriting: Evaluating Spacing
Easy-to-apply tools help students practice effective word spacing.
Fun with Handwriting: Slant Guide
Create slant “training wheels” to encourage cursive slant.
Fun with Handwriting: Evaluating Slantc
Use parallel lines—and paired exercises—to teach legible cursive writing.
Fun with Handwriting: Sand Shapes
Traceable textures encourage students to explore letter shapes.
Fun with Handwriting: Letter Walk
Create a “foot’s-on” walkway for students to learn their letters.
Fun with Handwriting: Color the Lines
Create your own student-generated cheat sheet for identifying types of handwriting strokes!
Fun with Handwriting: Evaluating Size
Teach your students a technique for establishing uniform letter height for improved legibility.
Fun with Handwriting: Tall or Short?
Create an interactive, hands-on activity for classifying letters as tall or short.
Fun with Handwriting: Talking About Left-Handers
Encourage students to think about their daily routines from a different perspective (left-handed vs. right) and provide opportunities to practice research and communication skills with this informative in-class activity.
Fun with Handwriting: Muscle-Relaxing Exercises
Teach teachers—and students!—how to recognize writing fatigue and provide relief. Fun suggestions get kids moving and re-positioned for writing excellence.
Fun with Handwriting: Freeze
Encourage self-assessment and promote handwriting best practices with a quick in-class game you can call out at any time!