When the strips are laminated, they’re easy to wipe down the sanitizing wipes.Scissors or paper cutter, if you want to make tracing strips.They’re sturdier than regular page protectors and have a flap to keep the page inside. Instead of dry erase pockets, I usually use “secure” page protectors.I love my inexpensive home laminator because it saves me the time and hassle of going to a copy center.Laminator, dry erase pockets, or page protectors.To see the difference this paper makes, stop by this post on the best paper for printables. This paper is also heavier and stands up better to enthusiastic learning. I recommend 32 lb bright white paper for crisp, beautiful images, especially if you’re going to make the pages reusable.Look for the big blue image that reads “click here to download.” Download information is located lower in the post. As she learns how to write, she’s recently pulled her old prewriting practice pages back out. Now, as a young five year old, she’s a pro and is so proud of tracing the lines (relatively) accurately. My daughter was barely able to trace the paths with her finger when she first started using this style of prewriting practice pages at around age 2.5. Your child can even use a finger to trace the lines if they aren’t ready for a pencil or crayon yet. They’re developmentally appropriate for children all the way from toddlers through preschool, and even kindergarten if your child is still working on pencil control. There are various straight, curved, zig-zagged, and shaped lines to help your child gain fine motor control and hand-eye coordination. This set has four different pages with four tracing paths each. How to print and use trace in the path prewriting pages In the image below, you can see my daughter using her car tracing pages cut into strips to see what I mean: My daughter loves erasing the pages herself with a damp paper towel or white board eraser. It’s also easy to cut the laminated pages into strips that you slip onto a binder ring for a go-bag activity that easy to wipe down after a car ride or trip to the doctor’s office. You can also make the activity reusable by laminating the pages or sliding them in page protectors for use with a dry erase marker. We use these nontoxic beeswax crayons and preschooler-friendly pencils.

It’s easy to use these prewriting printables as a no-prep activity when you print them out and let your child trace away with their favorite pencil or crayon. This post includes affiliate links, which means I may earn a commission on purchases made through links at no additional cost to you.

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Princess in practise