English Handwriting Levels
Learn to write English in 9 stages: four-line warm-up, capitals and lowercase letters, phonics words, sight words, picture words, sentences and dictation. It follows the order English is taught, separate from the Hangul course.
Basics: four lines and the alphabet
- Stage 1
Pencil warm-up on four lines
Learn the top line, middle line and baseline while drawing tall and short lines, slants, curves, humps and hooks.
- 1-1Tall and short lines2 items · Trace → Copy
- 1-2Slants v and x2 items · Trace → Copy
- 1-3Curves and circles2 items · Trace → Copy
- 1-4Humps and hooks2 items · Trace → Copy
Builds: Using four-line paper
- Stage 2
Capital letters
Write all 26 capitals, from straight-line letters to slanted and round ones. Capitals go from the top line to the baseline.
- 2-1L T I3 items · Trace → Copy → Dictation
- 2-2E F H3 items · Trace → Copy → Dictation
- 2-3A V W3 items · Trace → Copy → Dictation
- 2-4M N Z3 items · Trace → Copy → Dictation
- 2-5K X Y3 items · Trace → Copy → Dictation
- 2-6C O Q G S5 items · Trace → Copy → Dictation
- 2-7U J D P B R6 items · Trace → Copy → Dictation
- 2-8Review: A to Z26 items · Copy → Dictation
Builds: Capitals
- Stage 3
Lowercase letters
Write lowercase letters in families that are formed the same way. Notice tall letters (b d h k l t) and letters with tails (g j p q y).
- 3-1l i t3 items · Trace → Copy → Dictation
- 3-2c o a3 items · Trace → Copy → Dictation
- 3-3d g q3 items · Trace → Copy → Dictation
- 3-4e s f3 items · Trace → Copy → Dictation
- 3-5n m h3 items · Trace → Copy → Dictation
- 3-6r b p k4 items · Trace → Copy → Dictation
- 3-7u y v w4 items · Trace → Copy → Dictation
- 3-8x z j3 items · Trace → Copy → Dictation
- 3-9Review: a to z26 items · Copy → Dictation
Builds: Lowercase
Phonics: sounds and letters
- Stage 4
Phonics: short-vowel words
Sound out and write three-letter consonant-vowel-consonant words, one short vowel at a time.
- 4-1Short a: cat hat map bag4 items · Trace → Copy → Dictation
- 4-2Short e: bed pen ten hen4 items · Trace → Copy → Dictation
- 4-3Short i: pig sit lip fin4 items · Trace → Copy → Dictation
- 4-4Short o: dog hot box top4 items · Trace → Copy → Dictation
- 4-5Short u: sun bus cup bug4 items · Trace → Copy → Dictation
Builds: Letter sounds
- Stage 5
Phonics: letter pairs
Write words where two letters make one sound: sh, ch, th, wh, ck, ng.
Builds: Digraphs
Words
- Stage 6
Sight words
Learn the words that appear most often in sentences so you can write them at a glance.
- 6-1the a and I4 items · Trace → Copy → Dictation
- 6-2is it in on4 items · Trace → Copy → Dictation
- 6-3you we he she4 items · Trace → Copy → Dictation
- 6-4my can see go4 items · Trace → Copy → Dictation
- 6-5like look have for4 items · Trace → Copy → Dictation
Builds: High-frequency words
- Stage 7
Picture words
Look at the picture and write the English name of each animal or thing.
- 7-1Pets4 items · Trace → Copy → Dictation
- 7-2Farm animals4 items · Trace → Copy → Dictation
- 7-3Zoo animals4 items · Trace → Copy → Dictation
- 7-4Everyday things4 items · Trace → Copy → Dictation
Builds: Vocabulary
Sentences and dictation
- Stage 8
Sentences
Write short sentences that start with a capital letter and end with a period or question mark, with spaces between words.
- 8-1I can run.3 items · Trace → Copy → Dictation
- 8-2Greetings3 items · Trace → Copy → Dictation
- 8-3Questions3 items · Trace → Copy → Dictation
- 8-4About me3 items · Trace → Copy → Dictation
Builds: Sentences
- Stage 9
Dictation
Listen and write, from easily confused letters to whole sentences.
- 9-1Tricky letters b d p q4 items · Dictation
- 9-2Short-vowel words5 items · Dictation
- 9-3Sight words5 items · Dictation
- 9-4Sentences3 items · Dictation
Builds: Listening and writing
How it works
- TraceWrite over the faint letters, following the numbers and arrows. The screen tells you which part of the letter you are writing.
- CopyLook at the model and write in the empty space. Only the stroke you miss is shown again, and help costs a star.
- DictationListen and write. The model appears when you finish. The final dictation stage uses this mode only.
Trace every item with an average of two stars to pass a level; get two stars on every item in Copy or Dictation to master it. Members’ stars and progress are saved to the account and can be continued on any device.
Questions
Do I need an account?
Every level is open to everyone, and you can try up to 10 levels in each course right away. To keep going, sign up and log in; your stars and progress are saved to your account. Progress from before you log in moves to your account, and levels you have tried stay open.
Do I have to go in order?
Stage 1 is the suggested start, but you can open any level.
How is my writing checked?
Each stroke is compared with the model stroke for its start, direction and shape: Hangul by the size of each part of the syllable, English by the four lines.
Is there a paper version?
Letter and word sets on the handwriting pages print as A4 worksheets.