At a Glance
Two printable summer mark making worksheets covering ten pre-writing strokes: swirl, zig zag, ladder, wave, arch, line, circle, loop, cross and dot. Each mark has an example at the top and a "my turn" box below. A lovely little print-and-go handwriting warm-up for preschool and kindergarten.
These my mark making practice sheets have a clear example of ten different marks and below them, an empty space for your little ones to have a go!
These summer mark making worksheets cover ten pre-writing strokes across two pages and are a nice space to the practice the marks that appear on our mark making cards.
This one is straightforward to set up, there is nothing to cut, sort or laminate unless you want to. Print two pages, put them in front of your little learners with something to draw with and you are done! So these could be a nice option for morning work or a help yourself tub in your writing area.
What Exactly Is Mark Making?
Mark making is an umbrella term for every scribble, dot, line and loop a child makes before they start forming actual letters.
The National Association for the Education of Young Children points out that children as young as two begin imitating writing through drawings and symbolic markings, and that these early skills are strong predictors of later reading and writing ability.
What Skills Can Your Little Ones Learn And Develop?
These summer themed mark making worksheets are designed to help your children practice and develop their prewriting skills, such as:
- Pre-writing control – Many of the marks on the sheets appear inside letters and numbers. Practicing them means the movement is already familiar by the time formal letter formation begins.
- Fine motor skills and pencil control – Making a loop or a steady ladder takes hand and finger strength.
- Hand-eye coordination – Children have to look at the example and get their hand to reproduce it.
- Visual discrimination – Telling a wave apart from a zig zag, or a swirl from a loop, builds the same noticing skills that later help distinguish b from d.
- Positional and descriptive language – Words like over, under, across, around and through get used while children work.
- Confidence and independence – as they make the marks themselves without any adult help.
These are all vital fine motor skills that will enable them to become great writers in the future!
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How To Prepare The Summer Mark Making Practice Pages
First you’re going to want to download mark making sheets by clicking on download button at the bottom of the page.
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Then print them off and grab something to make marks with.
Enjoy and let’s nurture those neurons!
