How it works
- Type your text, one word or sentence per line.
- Choose clear print, and the line size for your class.
- Pick the rows: trace then write, trace only, or copy from a model.
- Download the A4 PDF. Longer lists carry on over as many pages as they need.
Handwriting in the MOE syllabus
In the first years of school children learn to form letters correctly, starting and finishing in the right place, and to keep them a steady size on the line. Tracing a model and then writing it on their own, a little every day, is how that control grows.
Ideas for your own text
This week’s spelling words
Writing spelling words out neatly a few times links letter patterns with spelling. For the full set of activities, use the spelling worksheet maker.
A sentence a day
One sentence traced on Monday, traced and written mid-week and copied on Friday makes a short daily handwriting routine.
In the MOE curriculum
- K2The NEL Framework includes copying words, phrases and short sentences with basic writing conventions.
- Primary 1–2Writing readiness and print script, plus spelling year-level words accurately.
- Primary 3–4The goal moves on to writing that is neat, legible and fluent.
The EL Syllabus 2020 names print script for lower primary and does not set a joined style, which is why this maker offers clear print. If your school follows a particular handwriting scheme, compare a few letters, such as t and y, with these sheets before printing a class set.
Copying works best when the text means something to the child. A sentence from the class’s shared book, a line from a STELLAR story or the week’s spelling words all give a reason to write neatly.
Summarised in our own words from the MOE English Language Syllabus 2020 (Primary) and the Nurturing Early Learners Framework (2022).
