KS1 Handwriting Skills Practice PowerPoint | Lesson 1

KS1 PowerPoint for handwriting skills practice

Looking for some inspiration to create an engaging handwriting lesson plan year 1 and year 2 pupils will enjoy? Then check out this PowerPoint! It contains the first lesson for handwriting skills practice on the KS1 theme of ‘Me and My Name’, to help you celebrate National Handwriting Day on 23rd January!

Beautifully illustrated and easy to use, this PowerPoint is completely designed and approved by qualified teachers - ensuring that it engages students and is aligned to specific curriculum requirements and expectations.

It includes fun activities designed to strengthen a diverse range of areas proven to improve handwriting. These include:

• gross motor skills 
• fine motor skills 
• posture 
• pencil grip
• pencil control

Looking for more resources to use alongside this PowerPoint? Then you might like to make use of our beautifully illustrated KS1 Me and My Name Gross Motor Skills Challenge Cards and KS1 Me and My Name Fine Motor Skills Challenge Cards. Both gross and fine motor skills are crucial for supporting the development of strong handwriting in young children.

How can I conduct handwriting skills practice in my class?

This PowerPoint, ideal for use as a handwriting lesson plan for year 1 or year 2, introduces the different elements leading up to good handwriting skills practice. It also encourages the children to develop theirs through a range of exciting activities. 

Teachers can choose to spend as much time on this stage as they want, depending on the children's individual needs and level of progress, before moving on to the Acrostic Poem with calligraphy writing.

For an activity on this topic, you could use these First 100 High Frequency Words Handwriting Reception Worksheets. Readily available to download and print, with eco-saving ink, children can develop handwriting skills whilst engaging with keywords for everyday language, e.g said, that, look and with.

For a series of lessons and home-work activities, you could also try this totally free resource pack. From worksheets to powerpoints and assessment activities, it covers all you need to help children with a key aspect of learning in Primary school.

Why is it important to develop handwriting skills?

Developing and ensuring good handwriting skills practice in younger children is important in many ways. For example:

• Handwriting develops fine motor and cognitive skills
• It activates the brain more than typing on a keyboard
• Writing in cursive helps people with dyslexia
• Good handwriting also has a positive impact on results and grades achieved

For more ideas on how to teach children this topic, just watch the short video below.