10 Ways to Practice Letter Formation

Handwriting and letter formation become integrated faster and with more ease when practiced in a multi-sensory fashion. Hands on learning greatly improves the ability to recall and learn proper letter formation.

There are so many different ways to practice writing letters and numbers, but I have a few favorites that I am always using at the clinic:

1. Shaving Cream: Slather shaving cream on a desk surface and write with fingers.
2. Sensory Bins: In a shallow baking dish or tray, fill it with beans, glitter, jewels, or salt and write with fingers.
3. Play-do letters: Print out your favorite letter cards, and roll out the play-do to place onto the letters.
4. Using wikki-stix to form letters. (This is great for bilateral coordination!)
5. With Glue: When gluing crafts together, rather than slathering on glue all over the back, write letters and have the student trace it with a glue stick or liquid glue.

6. With Sticks in sand

7. With Dominoes. (Check out these printable domino letter templates)

8. Writing with a toothpick in putty or play-do

9. Tracing in the air

10. Using a finger to write letters on sand paper.