Free Notebooking and Handwriting Papers
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Welcome to our notebooking printables page! We have lots of free printables for you to download or print out!
We plan on adding tons more handwriting paper, story papers, history and geography related items, fun notebooking pages and more to help with your homeschooling.
Click one of the categories below. We have now moved the printables to their own pages because they outgrew this one! You can also scroll to the bottom of the page for "plain handwriting paper".All printables in this section require free Adobe Acrobat Reader .
Notebooking Pages and Lapbook Printables for Geography
This is a section we'll be filling up with geography notebooking pages. We've also added some printables that are perfect for lapbooks!
We're just starting on this section and plan to add lots of fun pages to make your history notebooking fun! Check out our geography page above too, for printables that might work for history.
Notebooking pages for science - Our science printables page contains some notebooking style printables.
Multi-purpose Notebooking pages / Handwriting / Copywork pages
These pages have a multitude of various borders / boxes, etc.
They are featured in wide rule size (lines are 1 cm apart) as well as Handwriting Without Tears style (intermediate size).
Primary Illustration / Handwriting PaperThese papers have a "decorated" window at the top for illustrations and primary handwriting lines below. They are perfect for notebooking, copywork, narration and more! Print out your favorite designs!
Intermediate Illustration / Handwriting PaperIntermediate paper has lines that are the same width as "wide rule" paper from the store. It is more appropriate for children whose fine motor skills are better developed. We feature lots of different borders.
This printable paper has a small illustration box up in the left corner. You can fit a lot more text on it for longer writing assignments. Our primary story paper features many of the same borders as our other papers.
Plain Handwriting Paper
Handwriting without Tears (HWOT) style paper. The double lines are spaced 2/16 " apart.
Primary
handwriting lines are 1/2 inch spaced lines with a dashed middle. Lines
are spaced to allow room for descending letters. We
have created most of our handwriting papers with gray lines to save ink and also
because it looks "nicer" with children's writing.
Plain
primary handwriting paper
Intermediate
handwriting lines are wide rule size (like the packages of paper you buy at the
store) with a dashed middle line to encourage handwriting accuracy. Lines are
spaced to allow room for descending letters.
Plain
intermediate handwriting paper
We also plan to offer wide rule papers with no dashed middle line.
Want to make your own handwriting and copywork pages? Here is a blog post I wrote about different font resources for your homeschool:
No matter which handwriting style you've chosen, if you want to make your own penmanship worksheets, you are going to need the correct font. Here are some places you can go to online to get a variety of fonts for your homeschool:
- Startwrite $39.95
I used to use Startwrite when I first started creating handwriting worksheets. It features fonts similar to all the major handwriting fonts (D'Nealian, Handwriting without Tears, Zaner-Bloser, etc.) plus additional features like clipart, colored ruled lines, letters that show arrows, dots, guides and more. I stopped using Startwrite because I like to work in other programs like Microsoft Word and Photoshop. Startwrite fonts can only be used within the Startwrite program. I also thought their Handwriting without Tears font was a teeny bit "off", but that is only my own personal opinion and not a scientific observation! - Educational Fontware $49.95
I currently use EF for all of my handwriting font needs. These are fonts that get installed on your computer as any other normal type of font. The CD of fonts also has small programs that get installed to link and unlink cursive letters. I like EF's fonts because they are the MOST like the actual fonts used in handwriting workbooks. EF actually worked with Ms Dubay to develop their version of the Getty-Dubay Italic. Although it's a little more expensive than Startwrite, it's more useful to someone who wants to use handwriting fonts across multiple computer programs. - D'Nealian Fonts FREE
You can download some D'Nealian fonts at Fonts 101. These are fonts you install on your computer that can be used like any other font in all your different programs. - ZB FontsOnline Plus FREE (for the limited version)
You can create worksheets online in both cursive and manuscript Zaner-Bloser font. The limited free version allows you to print your worksheets, but not save them. The paid version with more features, is 29.99 for a one year access. The online program adjusts the font size and ruled lines depending on which grade you choose in the options. - Fonts for Teachers 19.95
You can order a CD that has 31 fonts that are D'Nealian style plus some extras. - Free Handwriting Fonts for Teachers FREE
This webpage features a variety of fonts, including some based on dots for early letter tracing. You won't see anything like D'Nealian, HWOT or Zaner-Bloser here, but what you do find might do in a pinch if you want a manuscript style font and don't care much about the exact style.
Having the appropriate font on hand really opens up options for making your own worksheets and can save money over time, especially if you have several children. Another great benefit to having a handwriting font on hand is that you can customize your children's penmanship work. You can have them copy all kinds of sentences that have to do with their other studies like history, Bible memorization, sentences about character, science and even Latin!
*P.S. Prices listed are what each site had posted as of 8/8/2011 and may or may not be accurate when you read this!
