Handwriting
BJU Press’s handwriting product line guides students as they develop individualized handwriting that is natural, legible, and attractive. Beginning in K5 and Grade 1 with the formation of letters through patterns, students learn to write continuous-stroke letters, the foundation of both our precursive and cursive systems. In Grade 2, students develop a rhythm and flow that eases the transition to cursive writing. In each successive grade, students will continue to learn and reinforce natural, legible, and attractive handwriting. Activity pages with engaging themes and cross-curricular content give students opportunities to perfect their handwriting through supported practice, practice from memory, and creative writing. Grade 6 introduces artistic writing with calligraphy.
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Results for Elementary Handwriting
Handwriting 1 Worktext, 4th ed.
SKU540419$30.40Handwriting 1 provides simple pre-cursive alphabet models using Bible verses, poetry, and other selections for practice. The colorful worktext includes sentence copying, progressive writing exercises, and extra pages for letter formation practice.
Handwriting 1 Teacher Edition, 4th ed.
SKU540427$48.69This teacher edition helps your child achieve fluent, accurate handwriting and healthy writing habits, covering posture, letter alignment, word spacing, rhythm, and biblical communication through Bible verse discussions.
Handwriting 1 Student Worktext, 3rd ed.
SKU296772$30.40This Student Worktext introduces PreCursive writing, guiding your child from letter formation to writing words and sentences. Your first grader will practice proper letter formation using Bible truths, Scripture, poems, and more.
Newsprint Writing Paper
SKU525626$10.69Handwriting paper ruled to match the line-width specifications of all K5-Grade 3 language skills worktexts. Sold by the ream.
PreCursive Handwriting Wall Charts
SKU211722$28.74The PreCursive Handwriting Wall Charts are recommended to keep the strokes and letters visually before your students. The 12 ½” x 18 ¾ charts show each PreCursive letter illustrated with a photo taken from the Phonics 1 Song charts.
Handwriting 2 Worktext, 3rd ed.
SKU545046$24.46Enhance students' handwriting skills with the Handwriting 2 Worktext, featuring engaging activities and detailed diagrams of PreCursive and cursive alphabets.
Handwriting 2 Teacher Edition, 3rd ed.
SKU545053$48.69Handwriting 2 Teacher Edition includes teaching strategies, detailed diagrams of PreCursive and Cursive alphabets, and optional handwriting practice activities.
Handwriting 2 Student Worktext, 2nd ed.
SKU268573$24.46This Student Worktext introduces your student to cursive letter formation and provides opportunities to practice writing in cursive with proper slant, position, posture, and pencil hold using Scripture verses, poetry, recipes, and thank-you notes.
Cursive Handwriting Charts
SKU010041$26.36Used in second through sixth grades. In second grade, used in conjunction with the PreCursive charts.
Handwriting 2 Teacher's Edition, 2nd ed.
SKU115188$48.69This Teacher Edition teaches PreCursive and cursive handwriting, focusing on letter formation, slant, alignment, posture, and pencil grip. It includes lesson overviews and diagrams for both PreCursive and cursive letters.
Handwriting 3 Worktext, 3rd ed.
SKU554758$24.46The Handwriting 3 Worktext develops clear, legible cursive through consistent practice. Its user-friendly layout builds fluency, fine motor skills, and written expression with content like poems, Bible verses, and short paragraphs.
White Writing Paper
SKU525634$10.45Handwriting paper ruled with line-width specifications appropriate for Grades 3–6. Sold by the ream.
Handwriting 3 Teacher Edition, 3rd ed.
SKU554766$48.69The Handwriting 3 Teacher Edition includes direct instruction and teacher modeling through pretests, vocabulary building, and structured cursive practice to reinforce concepts and monitor student progress.
Handwriting 3 Student Worktext, 2nd ed.
SKU268581$24.46This Student Worktext enables your student to continue practicing good PreCursive and cursive handwriting habits in connection with heritage studies, math, and English.
Handwriting 3 Teacher's Edition, 2nd ed.
SKU117960$48.69This Teacher Edition helps refine PreCursive and cursive handwriting, using smaller writing lines and fictional character journeys. It includes tips for fluent writing and guidelines for reviewing student activities.
Handwriting 4 Student Worktext, 2nd ed.
SKU268599$24.46This Student Worktext reinforces cursive handwriting as your child enjoys two fictional characters’ tours of United States landmarks, regions, and territories. Writing applications connect handwriting to heritage studies, literature, and music.
Handwriting 4 Teacher's Edition, 2nd ed.
SKU122382$48.69This Teacher Edition helps you to guide your student in developing PreCursive and cursive handwriting skills, featuring an American tourism theme and practice with journal entries, paragraphs, outlines, and hymn texts.
Handwriting 5 Student Worktext, 2nd ed.
SKU271411$24.46Handwriting 5 offers students the chance to refine cursive handwriting while exploring different cultures and languages. They practice letter formation, posture, and pencil hold by copying Bible verses, and translations of Russian and Greek writings.
Handwriting 5 Teacher's Edition, 2nd ed.
SKU122416$48.69This Teacher Edition helps you to advance your student’s PreCursive and cursive handwriting skills while exploring various cultures and languages, such as French, Greek, Irish, Japanese, and Chinese.
Handwriting 6 Student Worktext, 2nd ed.
SKU271429$24.46The Handwriting 6 Student Worktext allows your student to practice cursive and Chancery calligraphy while exploring various occupations like engineer, inventor, and surgeon, and writing about famous people who changed the world.
Calligraphy Pen (Speedball)
SKU029314$2.15Chisel-point pen needed for the calligraphy lessons.
Handwriting 6 Teacher's Edition, 2nd ed.
SKU122424$48.69This Teacher Edition helps you to develop your student’s PreCursive and cursive handwriting while highlighting careers like an astronomer, geologist, engineer, botanist, and veterinarian. This course introduces Chancery cursive, a style of calligraphy.
Course Overviews
Handwriting 1
A Foundation for Communication
Introduce your young learners to the personalized art of handwriting. Handwriting 1 helps students develop foundational handwriting skills to write fluently and accurately. Students will be able to match letters with their uppercase and lowercase counterparts, write neatly and legibly, use proper posture while writing, and write in PreCursive with consistent rhythm and speed.
How We Teach It
Step-by-Step Instructions
Students are first taught to recognize, trace, and write letters to develop their motor control in preparation for writing cursive in future grades. As letter formation is taught, letter names and sounds are also reinforced to develop reading and spelling skills. Playful characters and simple songs make the course content memorable and enjoyable for young students.
Repetitive Practice
Systematic practice helps students develop multiple components of their penmanship including letter formation, letter alignment, word spacing, neatness, and rhythm. Rather than emphasizing exact imitation, the course focuses on legibility and consistency in student writing.
Materials
Student Worktext
The student worktext pages provide opportunities for both teacher-guided practice and independent student practice. Students will have consistent opportunities to review forming numbers and uppercase and lowercase letters.
Teacher Edition
The teacher edition provides teaching tips and lesson instructions—including biblical application notes.
Handwriting 2
Expanding the Handwriting Toolkit
Guide your young learners toward greater mastery of a key building block of communication: handwriting. Handwriting 2 continues developing handwriting fluency in PreCursive and introduces cursive writing, which has been linked to reading comprehension and is deemed mandatory instruction in a growing number of states. Students will be able to match letters to uppercase and lowercase counterparts along with PreCursive and cursive counterparts, write legibly, demonstrate good posture, read cursive writing, and write in both PreCursive and cursive with rhythm and speed.
How We Teach It
Guidance and Modeling
Handwriting is tactile, experiential: it must be shown, not simply taught. As students expand their handwriting toolkit, continual opportunities arise to model proper writing posture, letter shape, slant, proportion, and more. Students will also be guided to understand the connection between PreCursive characters and their cursive counterparts.
Reinforcement and Sequential Instruction
Students will build on the concepts established in Handwriting 1, continuing to write legibly and with good technique in PreCursive. On this foundation students will learn to write in cursive and continue in vocabulary development. They will also apply these writing skills in various subject areas.
Purposeful Practice
Systematic, purposeful practice helps students develop good handwriting and letter mastery along with the physical motor control and muscle memory needed to write consistently with rhythm and speed. For both PreCursive and cursive, the course focuses on legibility and consistency rather than precise imitation.
Materials
Student Worktext
The student worktext pages provide opportunities for both teacher-guided and independent practice in reading and writing in PreCursive and cursive. Students will consistently review character formation, joining strokes, and correct letter slant and size, and teachers will regularly assess student progress.
Teacher Edition
The teacher edition provides teaching tips and lesson instructions, guidance for teacher modeling, and formative assessment evaluation forms.
Handwriting 3
Building Strong Communicators
Continue your child’s journey of the personalized art of handwriting with Handwriting 3. This program helps to develop and improve cursive handwriting skills, enabling students to write fluently, accurately, and confidently. As they learn to write neatly and legibly, maintain proper posture, and achieve consistent rhythm and speed, they will build a strong foundation for effective communication through written expression.
How We Teach It
Focused Skill Development
Teachers guide students in developing correct posture, paper position, and pencil grip using detailed visual references. Emphasis is placed on proper technique to encourage tension-free writing and long-term motor skill development.
Integrated Cursive Instruction
Each lesson builds on cursive fundamentals by helping students to
- Relate cursive letters to their PreCursive counterparts.
- Master stroke sequence and direction.
- Practice joining strokes and maintaining adequate spacing.
- Apply correct slant, size, and alignment for legibility.
Biblical Worldview Integration
Teachers are equipped with tools to help students to appreciate handwriting as a means of service and worship, with activities such as copying encouraging letters and songs that highlight biblical values.
Modeling and Guided Practice
The Teacher Edition emphasizes direct instruction and teacher modeling of techniques, supported by pretests, vocabulary development, and guided cursive practice to reinforce concepts and track student growth.
Materials
Student Worktext
The Handwriting 3 Student Worktext helps students to develop consistent, legible cursive handwriting through engaging and purposeful practice. With a student-friendly layout, this edition supports fluency, fine motor development, and written expression. Students will copy poems, Bible verses, and short paragraphs, as well as write their own compositions, improving their written communication skills.
Teacher Edition
The Handwriting 3 Teacher Edition supports educators in helping students build lifelong habits of polished, legible cursive handwriting. Rooted in a vision to promote effective written expression, the Teacher Edition presents a carefully redesigned instructional experience based on the previous edition’s foundation. Teachers will find clear guidance, updated visuals, and engaging content that help to reinforce proper writing techniques.
Also available are Cursive Wall Charts (Grades 2–6)
Scope & Sequence
Handwriting 1 provides PreCursive models for lower and uppercase letters and numbers with opportunities for frequent practice. An emphasis on posture, paper position, and pencil hold develops good handwriting habits. Writing applications help students connect their handwriting skills to other skills, such as reading and viewing.
Formation
- Air-tracing, finger-tracing, and pencil-tracing in preparation for PreCursive formation
- Forming all uppercase and lowercase PreCursive letters
- Forming numbers 0 through 9 in PreCursive
- Forming question marks and exclamation points in PreCursive
- Developing correct slant and alignment in PreCursive
- Developing handwriting consciousness
Position, Posture, and Pencil-Hold
- Developing good posture and paper positioning using 1/2" writing lines
- Developing good pencil-hold
- Developing good rhythm, spacing, and neatness in PreCursive
Writing Activities
- Copying good PreCursive models that include Scripture
- Writing letters, words, and sentences
Interdisciplinary Applications
- Integrating content from the Bible
- Connecting reading and handwriting
- Connecting viewing and handwriting
Handwriting 2 provides a reinforcement of PreCursive letter formation and introduces cursive models with opportunities for frequent practice. Writing applications help students connect their handwriting skills to other subjects, including writing poetry, pledges, recipes, and friendly letters.
Formation
- Maintaining handwriting consciousness
- Maintaining correct letter formation, slant, and alignment in PreCursive
- Forming all uppercase and lowercase cursive letters
- Developing correct slant and alignment in cursive
Position, Posture, and Pencil-Hold
- Maintaining good posture and paper positioning with 1/2" writing lines
- Maintaining good pencil-hold
- Maintaining good rhythm, spacing, and neatness in PreCursive
- Developing good rhythm, spacing, and neatness in cursive
Writing Activities
- Copying good PreCursive and cursive models that include Scripture, poetry, hymns, pledges, recipes, and thank-you notes
- Writing an invitation, addressing an envelope, and writing a friendly letter
Interdisciplinary Applications
- Integrating content from the Bible, math, writing and grammar, science, and heritage studies
- Connecting handwriting with dictionary skills
Handwriting 3 provides a reinforcement of PreCursive and cursive models with opportunities for frequent practice to support good handwriting habits and a legible writing style. Writing applications help students connect their handwriting skills to heritage studies, math, and English by analyzing maps, tables, and charts and writing a legend, a story, and journal entries.
Formation
- Maintaining handwriting consciousness
- Maintaining correct letter formation, slant, and alignment in PreCursive and cursive
Position, Posture, and Pencil-Hold
- Maintaining good pencil-hold
- Maintaining good rhythm, spacing, and neatness in cursive
- Developing good handwriting skills using 3/8" writing lines
Writing Activities
- Copying good PreCursive and models that include Scripture, poetry, hymns, measurements, letters, quotations, songs, and prayers
- Writing a journal entry, legend, and story
Interdisciplinary Applications
- Integrating content from the Bible, math, writing and grammar, science, and heritage studies
- Connecting handwriting and viewing
- Applying handwriting to analyze family trees and timelines
- Connecting handwriting with reading comprehension
- Applying handwriting to analyze maps and tables
- Connecting handwriting, capitalization, and punctuation
- Using handwriting to complete tables
Handwriting 4 provides a reinforcement of cursive models with opportunities for frequent practice. Writing applications help students connect their handwriting skills to regions and territories of the United States in connection with heritage studies, with writing activities including writing an informative paragraph, completing a chart, creating a poster, and writing sentences to describe an image.
Formation
- Maintaining handwriting consciousness
- Maintaining correct letter formation, slant, and alignment in cursive
- Writing with a pen
- Self-evaluating handwriting
Position, Posture, and Pencil-Hold
- Maintaining good handwriting skills using 3/8" writing lines
Writing Activities
- Copying good models from various content areas with a theme of regions and territories of the United States, especially in connection to Heritage Studies 4
- Writing a legend, story, and informative paragraph, completing a chart, creating a poster, and writing a sentence to match an image
Interdisciplinary Applications
- Integrating content from the Bible, writing and grammar, science, and heritage studies
- Connecting handwriting with dictionary skills
- Applying handwriting to analyze timelines
- Connecting handwriting with reading comprehension
- Connecting handwriting, capitalization, and punctuation
- Connecting handwriting with sequencing
- Connecting handwriting with diagrams
- Connecting handwriting with outlining and proofreading
Handwriting 5 provides a reinforcement of cursive models with opportunities for frequent practice. Writing applications help students connect their handwriting skills, centered on the theme of writing around the world, with writing activities including writing dialogue and descriptive paragraphs.
Formation
- Maintaining handwriting consciousness
- Maintaining correct letter formation, slant, and alignment in cursive
- Writing with a pen
- Reviewing PreCursive
- Exploring alternative writing styles for enrichment
- Exploring ornamented letters
- Writing initials
- Practicing a personal signature
Position, Posture, and Pencil-Hold
- Maintaining good handwriting skills using 3/8" writing lines
Writing Activities
- Copying good models from various content areas with a theme of writing around the world
- Writing an invitation, captions, a fable, dialogue, map and diagram labels, and descriptive paragraphs
Interdisciplinary Applications
- Integrating content from the Bible, math, writing and grammar, science, and heritage studies
- Connecting handwriting with dictionary skills
- Applying handwriting to outlining
- Comparing letters from different languages
- Connecting handwriting with grammar
Handwriting 6 provides a reinforcement of cursive models with opportunities for frequent practice. Writing applications help students sharpen their handwriting skills, centered on the theme of people and professions. The development of correct letter and number formation, slant, spacing, and alignment in Chancery calligraphy highlights the artistic aspects of handwriting.
Letter and Number Formation
- Maintaining correct letter formation, slant, and alignment in cursive
- Defining calligraphy terms
- Developing correct letter and number formation, slant, spacing, and alignment in Chancery calligraphy
Position, Posture, and Pencil-Hold
- Maintaining good handwriting skills using 3/8" writing lines
- Developing good chisel-point pen hold
Writing Activities
- Copying good models from various content areas with a theme of people and professions
- Exploring the professions of astronomer, calligrapher, geologist, engineer, inventor, judge, surgeon, dentist, tailor, fisherman, lighthouse keeper, botanist, horticulturist, kindergarten teacher, nurse, meteorologist, pilot, radio broadcaster, veterinarian, xylographer, watchmaker, umpire, yachtsman, and zoologist
- Writing captions
Interdisciplinary Applications
- Integrating content from the Bible, English, science, and heritage studies
- Connecting handwriting with dictionary skills
- Connecting handwriting and timelines
- Connecting handwriting with sequencing
- Applying handwriting to write a schedule
- Applying handwriting to write a check
- Connecting handwriting and literary
Font Downloads
Cursive & PreCursive Fonts
Use these fonts to create worksheets and teaching visuals for your K4 through second-grade students. The fonts provided are OpenType fonts that can be downloaded and installed on Windows or MacOS computers.
The PreCursive Text font provides samples for the student to copy. The PreCursive Text Dashed font provides letters for the child to trace, and the PreCursive Text Stroked font gives directions for forming the letters.
The Cursive Text font provides samples for the student to copy. The Cursive Text Dashed font provides letters for the child to trace, and the Cursive Text Stroked font gives directions for forming the letters.