Arabic Handwriting Sheets
Printable tracing sheets in properly joined Arabic script, fading from traced letters to unaided writing.
Handwriting sheets that join properly
Most Arabic handwriting sheets are built from isolated letters pasted next to each other, which teaches pupils a shape they will never actually write. These are generated as real text, so every letter takes its initial, medial, final or isolated form according to what sits beside it.
How the fade works
Each row begins with solid grey letters to copy, moves to dotted letters to trace, and ends blank for unaided writing. You choose how many of each, so the same word can be a heavily supported sheet for one pupil and nearly independent practice for another.
Three modes
- Word tracing — one word per page, repeated across ruled rows.
- Single letter — one letter shown in all four of its forms.
- Free writing — guide lines only, for pupils who no longer need a model.
Printing
Print at 100% scale and switch off "fit to page". The guide lines are set in millimetres so that the x-height and baseline spacing are right for the age group you chose; scaling the page shifts them.
Read more about this
- The order to teach the Arabic alphabet in — Alphabetical order is a filing system, not a teaching sequence. What to teach first so that learners can read a real word in week one, and what to leave until they can.
- Why Arabic letters join, and how to teach it in one lesson — The four forms of every letter are not four things to memorise. There is one shape and two rules, and the six letters that break them are the reason words appear to have gaps in the middle.
Common questions
Is this really free?
Yes, entirely — no account, no watermark, no limit on how many sheets you print. It runs in your browser, so it costs us nothing to give away.
Do the letters join correctly?
Yes. Each letter is placed in its initial, medial, final or isolated form according to the letters around it, because the sheets are generated as real Arabic text rather than assembled from separate images.
Can I use vocalised words?
Yes. Harakat are preserved exactly as you type them, including shadda and tanween, and the rows are spaced to leave room for them above and below the line.
Does my word list leave my computer?
No. Everything happens inside your browser — nothing you type is sent to a server.
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