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 I have looked through several Hiragana Learning practice sheets found on:
https://sites.google.com/site/qatarelc/about-us
Which is a Japanese learning center in Qatar which I visited in the summer of 2011 however I did not end up registering because I wanted to teach myself and go through the trial and error so that I would have a better understanding of the Japanese alphabet and language.

I used to refer to an old hiragana Chart when I first started learning Japanese but then I found out thanks to Mrs.Peak that it was actually in calligraphy and that was why I was having difficulty in matching the letters so I went and found a new chart.
This is a picture of my old chart:

This is my new chart:

Tip: Always print out two copies of the chart place one on the wall infront of your desk or on a table or even in the bathroom to aid in the learning of the characters. 

Another tip would be to circle the letters that you need to revise just as I have done and this way I go back to those and do extra practice.

I now use a different chart and you can find many online, although this is not the chart I use this one is a much more helpful one as the letters are all separate into three parts and there is also an introduction so I thought that this would be more useful for other that are interested in learning.

http://www.learnjapanesefree.com/japanese-hiragana.html

Some thing I used to do when I first started learning was whenever I learnt a new letter I would write it on a large piece of A3 paper however I stopped doing that after a while. Here is a picture: