No-Prep Free Prewriting Practice Printables

I love having a lot of variety for my prewriting activities. But sometimes, it is just nice to have the dotted lines all going in the same direction. These are easy to use and great for kids that need lots of practice with their prewriting.

There are several different pages to use with your kids. Plus they are a no-prep free prewriting worksheet you can use with kids.

They are easy to use and great for those that are working up from bigger lines to smaller lines to trace.

Prewriting is something that some kids need a lot of work on. I know that with my girls, each of them varied in what they needed. I made these free prewriting worksheets as a way to help out my youngest get better at her pre-writing.

So what is pre-writing?

I remember the first time I heard the word pre-writing in school. My first thought was writing a paper or starting a paper.

But for young kids, pre-writing is the skill to build to work up to writing letters and other types of writing. It also teaches the direction that we read.

You can start a lot of those skills with fine motor activities with playdough and other small motor movements. But a lot of those skills are working up to prewriting with lines. Then working on more fine motor skills that help to do better with writing and reading later in life.

You start out with thick prewriting lines and work to thinner prewriting lines. Then to prewriting patterns that work into writing letters.

Prewriting Practice Printables

This is a fun collection of pre writing worksheets for you with your kids to use. There are 14 different pages of prewriting practice. This gives them a chance to build up some of the basic writing and fine motor skills.

Each of the prewriting pages has one type of prewriting line that they can focus on. This allows you to focus on one type of prewriting.

Here is an example of one of the pages. I love to use pencils for older kids but you can always change that up.

These are great kids in prek (ages 4 to 5) and kindergarten (ages 5 to 6). But you can use them for preschool (age 3 to 4) as well.

Things to use with these free prewriting worksheets

These are just a few of the items you could use with these worksheets. They are a mix of different writing items and hands-on items.

• printer
• copy paper
• pencil
• pencil grips – I LOVE this pencil grip!
• colored pencils
• watercolors
• crayons
• markers
• sheet protectors
• dry erase markers
• mini erasers

How we use this Prewriting Printable

If you want to change things up to can always use different items with them. You can always use just a pencil as shown above. But not all kids are excited about that.

Practice Pre Writing With a Marker

One of the ways we change it up is to use markers. The big markers are easy to grip and kids can pick their favorite color to use no-prep prewritng sheets.

Pre-Writing With Crayons

I also love to give them different crayons to match the number of lines and have them trace each prewriting line with the colors.

Crayons are great with the small hold with the fingers.

Pre Writing With Watercolors

If you have someone who needs a challenge with the pages try using watercolors. It forces them to work more fine motor skills while painting the small dotted prewriting lines. You can start simple and work up to the more complex prewriting lines.

Reuse Prewriting Worksheets With Kids

If you want to use these prewriting worksheets over and over put them in sheet protectors and give them a dry erase marker and let them use the pages over and over. You can also laminate the pages as well.

Prewriting as a Fine Motor Mat

One fun activity we have done with them is to put mini erasers on the pre-writing lines. This is a fun way to change up the how you use the pages. You can always find erasers that or even stickers that would make what your child or student has an interest in.

This is great for the child that does not want to write.

More Prewriting Printables

Suppose you are looking for more prewriting printables beyond the 14 free prewriting worksheets. In that case, you can check out the Fine Motor Prewriting Printables Selling Set that has similar pages plus is teacher ready. The set has a range of prewriting worksheets and activities. It also includes the start and stops to help kids that like visuals. The Fine Motor Prewriting Set has over 170 pages and started with beginner lines and works to more advanced prewriting skills.

Click here to buy your copy of the Fine Motor: Prewriting at Teachers Pay Teachers.

What you will find in the free prewriting printables:

• One pre-writing line type per page
• Single line with a thin dashed lines
• No-prep pre-writing worksheets
• 14 pages of printables

Click here to download your copy of the Free Prewriting Practice Printables

Fine Motor Prewriting Printable Set

Looking for more pre-writing printables or want it just ready to print and use. Then check out the Fine Motor Prewriting Printable Set.

This set includes some of the printables above in an easy no-prep printable set. Plus additional and new printables. The sets include big and thin dashed lines, no-prep pages, prewriting strips, easy reader book and more!

What you will find in the Fine Motor Prewriting Printable Sets:

• Big Solid and Dashes Prewriting Lines Worksheet with a start and stop.
• Big Solid and Dashes Prewriting Worksheet mixed with start and stop
• Thin Prewriting lines Worksheet with start and stop.
• Thin Lines Prewriting Worksheet mixed with start and stop.
• Prewriting Practice with prewriting fonts in guidelines with start and stop.
• Prewriting Practice with Patterns with prewriting fonts – Large Font
• Prewriting Practice prewriting fonts single repeated prewriting
• Prewriting Practice with prewriting fonts all fonts together
• Prewriting Practice Patterns with prewriting fonts – Single Pattern Repeated
• Prewriting Practice Patterns with prewriting fonts – mixed patterns together
• Prewriting Practice Patterns Finish the Patterns with prewriting fonts – mixed patterns together
• Prewriting Practice Spin & Trace Prewriting Fonts
• Prewriting Strips: Big Solid Prewriting Lines with Stop & Start – Color and Black & White
• Prewriting Strips: Big Dashed Prewriting Lines with Stop & Start – Color and Black & White
• Prewriting Strips: Prewriting thin lines with start and stop – Color and Black & White
• Prewriting Strips: Prewriting Practice with prewriting fonts in guidelines with start and stop – Color and Black & White
• Prewriting Strips: Prewriting Practice with prewriting fonts in guidelines.
• Prewriting Strips: Prewriting Practice Patterns
• Prewriting Easy Reader Books Big Dashes Lines – Single Print
• Prewriting Easy Reader Books Big Dashes Lines – Teacher Print
• Prewriting Easy Reader Books Thin Dashes Lines – Single Print
• Prewriting Easy Reader Books Thin Dashes Lines – Teacher Print
• 174 pages
• Price: $8

Click here to buy your copy of the Fine Motor: Prewriting at Teachers Pay Teachers.

Royal Baloo also has some great cutting practice printables!

I hope you enjoy these pre writing printables!

Check Out more Prewriting Printables For Kids

Prewriting Practice Dice is a fun prewriting activity with dice you roll and then write what is on the dice.

Prewriting Practice Patterns is a more complicated prewriting printable with prewriting patterns in guidelines. This is a great build up to writing letters.

The Fine Motor Prewriting Set has 174 pages of different types of prewriting. You have prewriting thick lines, prewriting thin lines, prewriting start and stop, prewriting patterns, prewriting tracing strips, prewriting easy reader books and more. All with the idea of giving you the most prewriting activities altogether! A great collection of prewriting worksheets.

Prewriting Practice Solid & Dashed Printables has thick lines in a solid line and a thick dashed line for kids that need bigger lines. Plus has a start and stop for kids to use.

Check out all the fun Prewriting Printables and Activities on 3 Dinosaurs.

Cassie – 3Dinosaurs.com