Free handwriting videos · Printable practice
Make handwriting
easier to teach.
Pencil Pete demonstrates how to form each letter, giving children a model to follow while they practice. Choose a free printing or cursive video, and try a worksheet when you’re ready to put pencil to paper.
Watch me write!
Learn to print
Free uppercase and lowercase A–Z videos.
Learn cursive
Every twist and turn, one letter at a time.
From the screen to the paper
Pencil Pete’s practice worksheets show letter formation step by step, with room for your students to try it themselves. Open a free sample and choose printing, cursive, or both.
Put Pete to work in your classroom
Show today’s letter to the class, keep the same model handy for a small group, or set up a bookmarked lesson on an approved classroom device for a handwriting center. You choose the letter and guide the learning.
Pencil Pete’s Story Starters
Add a little fun to your writing program
Children finish a picture, then use their drawings to plan and write a story. Try a free sample with your class or at home.
Try a Story Starters sample
A classroom idea that kept growing
Pencil Pete began with teaching materials made for an elementary classroom. The friendly pencil still has the same job: demonstrate a letter clearly and give children another look whenever they need it.
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