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.

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Watch me write!

Pencil Pete, the smiling pencil who shows how to form each letter
Pencil Pete printing letter models A, B, and C

Learn to print

Free uppercase and lowercase A–Z videos.

Choose a printing letter

Pencil Pete cursive letter models A, B, and C

Learn cursive

Every twist and turn, one letter at a time.

Choose a cursive letter

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.

See the worksheet packs

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
Pencil Pete’s original classroom character waving hello

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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