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EARLY WRITING & PENCIL CONTROL WORKSHEETS

Early Writing & Pencil Control worksheets — printables for age 4.

Tracing guides, mazes and dot-to-dots — the exact strokes the Writing Adventures trace on screen. Every sheet twins with a real game in Early Writing & Pencil Control (Class 27) — download the PDF, print from the page, or play online.

A hedgehog and a strawberry joined by a long dashed winding path to trace. Hedgehog’s Winding Path Age 4Class 27Writing A long winding road from hedgehog to strawberry — trace it, then try it smaller, then draw it yourself. View Worksheet A bee and a row of flowers joined by a dashed trail of connected loops to trace. Busy Bee Loop Practice Age 4Class 27Writing Four connected loops carry the bee to the flowers — the same movement cursive will ask for later. View Worksheet A sailboat and a lighthouse with three dashed wave lines to trace between them. Sailboat Wave Tracing Age 4Class 27Writing Three calm waves carry the boat to the lighthouse — up, down, up, down, all the way there. View Worksheet A rocket and a planet joined by a dashed zigzag flight path to trace. Rocket Zigzag Mission Age 4Class 27Writing A sharp zigzag flight from rocket to planet — crisp corners are the mission. View Worksheet A smiling snail with a big dashed spiral shell to trace from the centre outwards. Snail Spiral Drawing Age 4Class 27Writing A spiral from the middle outwards — round and round, each circle a little bigger. View Worksheet Two smiling clouds with four dashed rainbow arches waiting to be traced. Rainbow Arch Tracing Age 4Class 27Writing Four big rainbow arches to trace — the giant shoulder movement every writer needs first. View Worksheet A spider web with dashed spokes and rim segments connecting colored anchor points. Spider Web Builder Age 4Class 27Writing Sixteen straight spokes make the spider’s web — short, careful lines from edge to center. View Worksheet A puppy at a maze entrance and a bone at the exit, with blue walls to draw around. Puppy Maze Adventure Age 4Class 27Writing A real maze with real walls: find the puppy’s path to the bone without crossing any line. View Worksheet A ladybug surrounded by ten numbered colored dots to connect in order. Ladybug Dot-to-Dot Age 4Class 27Writing Ten numbered dots around the ladybug’s back — connect 1 to 10 and watch the shell appear. View Worksheet A giraffe, a zebra and an elephant with dashed vertical, horizontal and diagonal lines to trace. Safari Line Drawing Age 4Class 27Writing Twelve safari strokes — vertical, horizontal and diagonal lines that build the whole alphabet’s skeleton. View Worksheet A purple octopus with six dashed curly tentacle outlines to trace. Octopus Curly Arms Age 4Class 27Writing Six curly arms that curl inward — the trickiest curves in the ocean, traced one arm at a time. View Worksheet Four practice boxes with dashed vertical, horizontal, diagonal and circle strokes to trace. Pencil Stroke Academy Age 4Class 27Writing The four handwriting strokes in one academy class: tall down, flat across, the circle and the zigzag. View Worksheet Two castle towers over a river with five dashed plank lines to draw between them. Castle Bridge Builder Age 4Class 27Writing Five flat bridges to build for the castle — straight horizontal lines, each one doing a job. View Worksheet A friendly lion face with twelve dashed mane strokes radiating around it. Lion’s Crazy Mane Age 4Class 27Writing Twelve strokes burst outward from the lion’s face — a mane made of confident radiating lines. View Worksheet Three smiling clouds with dashed short, long and slanted rain lines to trace. Rainy Day Drawing Age 4Class 27Writing Rain falls in short, long and slanted strokes — nine raindrops of pencil practice. View Worksheet A dinosaur skeleton with dashed outlines on the missing bones to trace. Dinosaur Fossil Artist Age 4Class 27Writing Careful outline tracing around a dinosaur fossil — precision work for careful hands. View Worksheet A teddy bear with twelve numbered stitching dots around a fabric patch on its tummy. Teddy Bear Stitching Studio Age 4Class 27Writing Twelve numbered dots stitch the teddy together — connect them in order and bring the bear to life. View Worksheet A penguin on an ice rink with a large dashed figure-eight loop to trace. Penguin Figure-Eight Skating Age 4Class 27Writing A figure eight on the ice — one continuous loop that crosses itself once, just like real skaters. View Worksheet A toy train and a station house with two dashed parallel rail lines to draw between them. Little Railway Engineer Age 4Class 27Writing Two long railway tracks to trace — parallel lines that stay friends the whole way. View Worksheet Three tents on a campsite with dashed slanted sides to trace up and down each peak. Mountain Tent Builder Age 4Class 27Writing Six diagonal strokes pitch the tent — slanted lines meeting at peaks, one side at a time. View Worksheet Three ponds with ducklings and dashed semicircular bridge arches to trace. Duckling Bridge Arches Age 4Class 27Writing Three little arches carry the ducklings over the pond — semicircles up and over, one bridge at a time. View Worksheet Batteries and a robot with dashed right-angle circuit paths to trace. Robot Circuit Workshop Age 4Class 27Writing Robot circuits with right-angle turns — sharp corners, straight lines, zero wobble allowed. View Worksheet A butterfly with a colored left wing and a dashed outline right wing to complete. Butterfly Mirror Drawing Age 4Class 27Writing Trace one wing, mirror the other — symmetry made with pencil strokes instead of colors. View Worksheet A sheep with dashed chains of rounded wool humps around its body to trace. Fluffy Sheep Wool Artist Age 4Class 27Writing Connected bumps make the sheep’s wool — hump after hump, all the way around. View Worksheet A giraffe with five dashed circle beads hanging as a necklace to trace. Giraffe Necklace Designer Age 4Class 27Writing Five beads for the giraffe’s necklace — full circles, drawn all the way round and closed. View Worksheet A castle wall with six dashed rectangular brick outlines to trace. Castle Brick Artist Age 4Class 27Writing Rectangles make the castle wall — six bricks, four corners each, every brick a little building. View Worksheet A squirrel beside four dashed oval acorn outlines to trace. Squirrel Acorn Drawing Age 4Class 27Writing Four acorns of ovals — smooth rounded shapes, plump in the middle, gentle at the ends. View Worksheet A pinwheel with four dashed triangular blades to trace. Pinwheel Shape Maker Age 4Class 27Writing Four triangles spin the pinwheel — three straight sides and three corners, times four. View Worksheet A red crab with dashed C-shaped and backwards-C claw outlines to trace. Crab Claw Curves Age 4Class 27Writing Two big open curves snap like crab claws — the letter C’s shape, with a pinch of attitude. View Worksheet A smiling sun with twelve dashed rays, short and long, to trace all around. Sunshine Stroke Challenge Age 4Class 27Writing The grand finale: twelve mixed rays of sunshine — every stroke your child has learned, in one bright page. View Worksheet
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