# Pencil Pete

> Pencil Pete is an animated pencil who demonstrates how to form letters. JJMdesigns provides free printing and cursive handwriting videos, printable practice worksheets, and picture prompts for teachers, homeschool families and parents at https://www.jjmdesigns.com/.

The free video library covers uppercase and lowercase A-Z in both printing and cursive: 104 individual letter lessons. Each lesson demonstrates letter formation and can be paired with paper-and-pencil practice.

The complete printable worksheet packs are paid PDF downloads. Printing and cursive each include 52 pages: 26 uppercase and 26 lowercase letters, with formation examples, directional arrows and ruled writing space. The combined pack includes all 104 pages. Free worksheet samples are available from the worksheet pages.

Story Starters provides 36 illustrated writing prompts in solid-line and dotted-line versions. Teachers can use the pictures to help children develop ideas and organize their writing. Product pages describe the current prices, included files and permitted classroom or household use.

## Free handwriting videos

- [Free handwriting videos](https://www.jjmdesigns.com/videos/): Start here to choose printing or cursive demonstrations.
- [Printing videos: choose a letter](https://www.jjmdesigns.com/videos/pencil-petes-learn-to-print-videos/): Uppercase and lowercase printing alphabets with links to each letter lesson.
- [Cursive videos: choose a letter](https://www.jjmdesigns.com/videos/pencil-petes-cursive-writing-videos/): Uppercase and lowercase cursive alphabets with links to each letter lesson.
- [Pencil Pete's Handwriting on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/c/PencilPetesHandwriting): The official Pencil Pete handwriting video channel.

## Printable handwriting worksheets

- [Printable handwriting worksheets](https://www.jjmdesigns.com/worksheets/): Overview of printing and cursive practice, free samples and complete packs.
- [Printing handwriting worksheets](https://www.jjmdesigns.com/worksheets/learn-to-print-worksheets/): Printing formation examples, sample pages and classroom use.
- [Cursive handwriting worksheets](https://www.jjmdesigns.com/worksheets/cursive-writing-worksheets/): Cursive formation examples, sample pages and classroom use.
- [Choose your handwriting worksheets](https://www.jjmdesigns.com/worksheets/order/): Current Printing, Cursive and combined worksheet offers, contents and prices.

## Teacher resources

- [Teach handwriting with Pencil Pete](https://www.jjmdesigns.com/handwriting-for-teachers/): Practical ways to combine letter demonstrations and paper practice, with linked examples of teacher use.
- [Handwriting centers and lesson-link cards](https://www.jjmdesigns.com/handwriting-centers/): Printable letter cards and teacher setup guidance for school-approved classroom devices.
- [Handwriting resources for school and home](https://www.jjmdesigns.com/alphabet-practice-resources/): A guide to the alphabet videos, printable practice and related resources.

## Story Starters

- [Story Starters: picture prompts for writing](https://www.jjmdesigns.com/story-starters/): Illustrated prompts, page examples and practical writing activities.
- [Story Starters: choose your license](https://www.jjmdesigns.com/story-starters/order-story-starters/): Current classroom/household and school-building offers, with included PDF versions and use terms.

## Optional

- [Windows handwriting software](https://www.jjmdesigns.com/software/): Information about the available Learn to Print and Cursive Writing programs.
- [Questions and help](https://www.jjmdesigns.com/faq/): Answers about the handwriting resources, downloads and use.
- [Support](https://www.jjmdesigns.com/support/): Help with resources or a purchase.
- [About Pencil Pete](https://www.jjmdesigns.com/about/): Publisher and resource background.
- [License agreement](https://www.jjmdesigns.com/about/license-agreement/): Published terms for using Pencil Pete materials.
- [Sitemap](https://www.jjmdesigns.com/sitemap.xml): Index of the site's public pages and letter lessons.