December Journal Prompts for Daily Writing Handwriting Without Tears® style

Get your student's creative writing juices flowing with 40 December themed guided journal prompts for PreK, Kindergarten, and First Grade. Can be used as a morning work journal, ELA, or daily handwriting practice. These prompts will guide your students with opinion, narrative, and informational writing practices. Engage your students with these December themed seasonal topics.

This journal is perfect for new or struggling writers. The daily prompts allow the student to trace the letters with proper strokes and spacing. These journal pages are specifically designed for handwriting practice. Many other journal prompts out there do not focus on the handwriting aspect. This journal covers everything - creative writing, grade level ELA, visual arts/drawing, and functional handwriting.

Daily writing practice is extremely important to become a successful. Daily practice not only improves handwriting, but gives the student practice with spelling, grammar, and reading skills. The physical act of writing stimulates muscle memory and helps the student transfer letter formation and spelling to long-term memory. These journal pages include an area for the student to practice writing their name (enough space to write their first and last name) and the date. The repetition of writing this every day in the same format allows them to truly memorize and perfect their new writing skills.

The drawing portion of these journal pages are there to connect your student's writing to a visual platform - reinforcing reading/writing comprehension. Drawing is also beneficial to new writers allowing them to strengthen their hand muscles needed to make proper letter strokes. These journal pages have a good ratio of drawing to writing making it easier for young students to complete both tasks successfully.

This journal comes with three different cover designs including a blank cover for those students with extra creativity to design their own cover. This set includes enough journal pages and topics to do daily writing for the entire month including weekends and winter break.

As a former Disney graphic designer (and typography enthusiast), I took extra care to ensure the authenticity of the letter strokes and formation. My worksheets fill in the gaps and provide ample practice for your students to grasp the muscle memory needed for proper handwriting instruction. As a graphic designer AND teacher, I've worked tirelessly to create a quality product that meets the needs of beginning writers. Many other journal pages out there do not meet the appropriate size, scale, spacing, and proportions needed for success in these areas. For new or struggling writers, the actual design of the worksheet is as important as the content. I hope you and your students enjoy these simple yet highly effective practice pages.

If you're looking for alphabet practice only, please check out my other handwriting. I also offer a handwriting joke practice book. This joke set is perfect for students who have advanced beyond just writing the alphabet, but might not be ready for writing words on their own. If your students are ready for these journal pages, my joke book is perfect for their additional daily handwriting practice. And one of my favorite new products I offer is a very special kindness handwriting activity - This kindness resource will make your students feel so good to give and receive these compliment strips. All while improving their handwriting skills - this resource is definitely a win win!

❄️❄️ More December writing resources: 12 Days of Christmas WRITING PROMPTS is a fun and festive resource to get your students excited about writing. It also comes with a cute, no mess craft to accompany the writing prompts as well as 26 pages of Handwriting Without Tears® style alphabet handwriting practice. And my HOLIDAY SWEET TREATS writing pack includes writing prompts, practice paper, and alphabet activities.

Also check out some of my other HANDWRITING products:

✏️ HILARIOUS HANDWRITING - Read, trace, and write silly jokes while perfecting their handwriting skills. Students will actually look forward to completing their daily handwriting practice with these hilarious Handwriting Without Tears® style practice sheets.

✏️ TODAY IN HISTORY - Daily Handwriting Without Tears® style practice and learn a fun fact that happened in history on that day.

✏️ POSITIVE AFFIRMATIONS - Start off the day with a positive and encouraging message specifically designed for elementary school aged students.

✏️ COMPLIMENTS FOR KIDS - This kindness resource will make your students feel so good to give and receive these compliment strips. All while improving their handwriting skills - this resource is definitely a win win!

✏️ USA STATES AND CAPITALS - Combine your handwriting lesson and US geography lesson with these FUN all-in-one worksheets.

✏️ SEASONAL HANDWRITING PRACTICE WORKSHEETS - Get your students in the spirit of the season while keeping consistent with their familiar Handwriting Without Tears® style curriculum.

✏️ INTERMEDIATE LEVEL ALPHABET PRACTICE - Capitals and Lowercase -These are designed for students who already have a grasp on their letters, but still need additional practice.

Please follow my store to stay current on upcoming sales and be the first to see the new units I add. Stay tuned for more monthly journal prompts. If you plan to use these monthly journals in your classroom, please rest assured each of the months will be released in ample time for your planning purposes.

Give your students the gift of beautiful penmanship! Happy Handwriting! ⭐️

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