Twinkl Formation & Handwriting User Reviews

Top reviews

Waste of money

It doesn’t work! Freezes on letters and won’t let you complete the whole letter

Not free

Its not free, it’s subscription based

No cursive letter formation

Great idea but cursive writing only shown in Spanish!

Not worth a subscription

The app only displays patterns and does not show handwriting, as it only features icons on the screen. Because the handwriting is not visible, kids cannot see their mistakes; the icons simply disappear, prompting them to retry. Children can become stuck on a particular letter and have to click a tiny button to move on to the next step. I paid for a subscription without signing up for the app, and overall, it feels very disorganized.
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I like the way my handwriting is

This app made my handwriting very good on one day if you have a kid with awful writing this app is for you

Jake’s hshehheuehheheheh

Ehhshsjsksjksjsksk

Sswyshd’x

Sstwqfxsaytdfdwhudgde

Not cursive lettering. Avoid if in the UK

The fonts to practice with are not cursive.

Needs to include continuous cursive option

Increasingly, pupils learning their first letters are being taught to use entry and exit flicks from the beginning of learning handwriting. This is a highly efficient method of teaching writing and supports the teaching of spelling, since children who are familiar with entry and exit flicks may progress naturally from separate to joined letters and are more likely to be able to read cursive writing if they are already familiar with the formation of individual letters that are joined within words.

It would be more helpful to have an option that teaches entry and exit flicks for writing, with each lower-case letter beginning with an entry flick on the base line, and each exit flick indicating the point at which the whole letter is complete, whether it be on and then up from the first or base line (e.g. for /a/) and a slightly dipped horizontal exit flick that touches the first guide line above the base line, as in for /o/.
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Not great

Attempted to use this by following the dots in the letters but the dots would disappear and no matter how many attempts you made the letters wouldn’t form. There was no point keeping the app.

A lovely app but…

A really well put together app but my daughter and I found it really frustrating trying to draw the letters and numbers to the exact pattern as the green dots. It was very temperamental and both us got fed up with it. It would be better if you just allowed us to draw using a simple black pencil line without needing to follow the perfect formation.
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Continuous cursive

Brilliant app! twinkl’s continuous cursive font would be amazing as that is what we use

Everything I was looking for!

This is such a great app, easy to use and keeps kids interested. I love the letter formation resources!

Twinkle phonics formation up and running!

Really loving this easy to use letter formation app.
Head over to Sharon Turner Tuition for a video example. This also includes the Twinkle mnemonic.

Thank you Twinkle.

It’s Extremely great

It’s giving me rewards and certificates and signed in to a account is a best experience app features.