Materials: paper, writing utensil
- Determine what your child will be writing (suggestion: first name)
- On the piece of paper, draw the number of horizontal lines that corresponds to the number of letters in the word plus one additional line (i.e. cat has 3 letters so 4 lines would be drawn, brown has 5 letters so 6 lines would be drawn)
- On the top line, write the full word your child will be practicing (if the word is Riley write Riley)
- On the second line, leave the first letter blank and write the remaining letters (if the word is Riley write _iley)
- On the third line, leave the first two letters blank and write the remaining letters (if the word is Riley write __ley)
- Continue until there are no letters remaining
- Have your child start on the first line and trace the entire word
- On the second line, have your child write the first letter independently and trace the rest of the letters
- On the third line, have your child write the first two letters independently and trace the rest of the letters
- Continue until the entire word is written independently
- Enjoy!