Ways to use it
- Copying the words of a theme, around 5 or 6 years old
- Silent dictation: the picture alone, the word to write from memory
- The same word in capitals for one child, in cursive for another
Vocabulary in writingWrite the word
Write the word on the lines, a printable handwriting worksheet
Next to each picture, the model word on its ruling. The child copies it on the lines, from left to right, the letters joined in cursive. In a silent dictation the model disappears: the child writes the word from memory, with the first letter and an alphabet strip if needed.
Create a handwriting worksheet
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In 3 steps
- Add your words: type them, paste a list or start from a theme.
- Choose: copying or silent dictation, the ruling and the number of lines.
- Print: the illustrated instruction is already at the top, with the name and the date if you turn them on in Settings › Display.
What you can set
- Model word to copy, on the back of the sheet to copy from a distance, or picture only for a silent dictation
- The picture always next to the word, and the word written in one movement on the lines
- In silent dictation: first letter given, alphabet strip, answer key on the back or at the end
- With or without a picture, portrait or landscape, and one to five copying lines per word
- Rulings at the real size of school notebooks: the four handwriting lines of 7, 5, 4 or 3 mm, where capitals and tall letters reach twice the body, or a single line, with coloured interlines if you wish
- On screen: the model is shown on its ruling, the child copies it in an exercise book or on a slate, then checks the copy. To type the word, use “Type the word”
Frequently asked questions
Which handwriting styles?
Capitals, print or cursive (joined-up writing), one choice for the whole worksheet, with the fonts of Settings › Fonts. The ruling starts as the one of Settings › Display, at the real size of school notebooks, and the model takes its size. You can change it for each worksheet.
What is a silent dictation?
The child sees the picture but not the word, and writes it from memory. Lexikit can give the first letter and an alphabet strip. The answer key, if you want one, goes at the end of the PDF or on the back of each worksheet.
Why not one box per letter?
Boxes split the letters apart. In cursive they prevent joining them, and the child can fill the last box before the first one. On the lines, the child writes the word from left to right, as in an exercise book.
Further reading
Lexikit and the curriculum
Lexikit’s resources follow the French nursery school curriculum and the Eduscol guides: words that are taught, organised, reviewed and used again.
With the same words
Copy in another writing styleThe word in capitals or print to copy in cursive, or the two styles to link.
Words to rebuildA board for each word, its picture and its line, then the letters or syllables to cut out and put in order, from left to right.
LabelsNames and words at actual size: coat pegs, exercise books, trays.
Your turn
Open Lexikit, write your words, choose a resource. All that is left is to print or to play. Free, no account, and your words stay on your device.
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