Demonstrate each letter to the children. As the children practice the letters, watch for reversal issues. According to the Zaner-Bloser curriculum, reversing letters is a common problem for left-handed students.
Invite children up to the chalkboard to practice cursive letters. Encourage the left-handed writer to stand slightly to the right of the letters while writing.
Use practice handwriting paper designed especially for left-handed writers. Instead of the example letters on the left side of the paper, the example letters are on the right side of the paper to enable left-handed writers to hold the paper and their writing hand comfortably while seeing the letters.
Teach a left-handed child to place the writing paper onto the table or desk with the bottom right corner slightly to the right of center and the paper slanted at approximately 45 degrees from the table or desk edge. This is more of a slant than right-handed students use.
Demonstrate how to hold the pencil -- with the first two fingers and thumb approximately one inch away from the pencil point. The index finger should sit on the top of the pencil, the bent thumb should be on the inside edge of the pencil. Point the pencil toward the left elbow.
Show the left-handed child how to sit in front of the writing paper. The writing should occur to the left of the center point of the child's body. As the child writes from left to right across the page, she should move the paper toward the left to make writing comfortable.
Monitor the child as he writes to ensure that problems or bad habits do not develop. The child needs to keep the writing hand below the cursive writing -- not hooking the hand over the writing awkwardly. Correct hand positioning whenever you notice problems.