It is that time of year! Halloween is over, and Thanksgiving is only a few short weeks away followed by Christmas and New years! We are all busy-busy-busy!

We are recouping and sorting though a ton of photos from Greyson’s birthday over the weekend! I hope to be back later today to share the pictures with all of you.  In the meantime, however, I am kicking off the next Holiday with some adorable Handwriting Practice Thanksgiving Themed sheets!

I know I have been sharing a lot of themed Handwriting Practice sheets (and plan on continuing) for a couple of reasons:

• Like I have said before, all it takes is the right “theme” to get your preschooler excited about learning a new subject!
• THIS! Handwriting Practice is a very important component to your preschoolers education! With technology taking over everything, it is imperative that our kids learn this skill. Read that article and you’ll see why.

  • Handwriting can change how children learn and their brains develop. IU researchers used neuro-imaging scans to measure brain activation in preliterate preschool children who were shown letters. One group of children then practiced printing letters; the other children practiced seeing and saying the letters. After four weeks of training, the kids who practiced writing showed brain activation similar to an adult’s, said James, the study’s lead researcher. The printing practice also improved letter recognition, which is the No. 1 predictor of reading ability at age 5.

{ Handwriting Practice Thanksgiving Themed }

Handwriting Practice Thanksgiving Themed<—– Click here to download

Here you can see what the sheets look like. Along with some of the images that will be featured on the pages.

The pages entail:

• Upper left corner you’ll see a large example of how to write both the uppercase and the lowercase letter
• Underneath the themed image the first line of letters will be uppercase examples of writing
• Underneath those letters have your child practice writing their letters *sized correctly*
• Below the uppercase letters and practice you’ll see lowercase examples of writing
• Underneath those letters have your child practice writing their letters *sized correctly*

Along the bottom you’ll see rectangles and circles

• Rectangles – Have your child write the UPPERCASE letter inside of the rectangles
• Circles – Have your child write the lowercase letter inside of the circles

Here you can see a full list of all the Handwriting Practice printables.

If you are looking for some additional resources for handwriting practice check these out!

• Size Matters Uppercase Letters
• Daily Learning Workbook

Also, these are a few of Greyson’s favorite writing instruments:

• These awesome pencils!
• Skinny Markers
• Broad Line Markers

If you have a specific request for a theme you’d like to see turned into handwriting practice sheets, let me know! I’d be happy to make them for you and everyone else!! Enjoy