Save the Trees! Make a Reusable Handwriting Practice Board

Hola! Buenos dias!
Back to school week is still going strong here at Casa Watkins. Nugget has been working on his handwriting and I thought I’d share our reusable handwriting practice board. We aren’t a fully green house, but we do try our best to cut down on paper usage. Well, at least I do. It’s been a struggle getting a teenager and my hubs to reduce their paper towel usage. Nonetheless, I am trying to save the trees and money on paper.

I found these handwriting lap boards in the Target dollar section for only a dollar. Target is so smart to have that section right as you enter the store. I spend most of my time in that section and then realize that I forgot why I went into Target in the first place! Anyway, the lap boards are great for older writers, but Nugget is only 3 and hasn’t mastered writing completely.

You can turn the lap board into a practice board by using a Sharpie! We are concentrating on writing names at the moment, so I used the Sharpie to trace out Nugget’s name. The board is double sided, so I left the other side blank for any future writing work.

I had Nugget use a dry erase marker to practice writing his name. Once he was finished, I used a moist paper towel to wipe away the dry erase marker. The permanent writing is left behind and ready for the next writing session.