Free · print at home · ages 3 to 5
Alphabet tracing worksheets and ABC chart
Free sheets to print for every letter from A to Z, written the way most US schools teach first.
Tap a letter for its own page: its tracing worksheets and coloring page, the letter writing itself, and things that start with it for show and tell. Or print the whole alphabet at once: the ABC chart, an A to Z tracing booklet and a strip for the desk.
Watch it write itself
The letter a, writing itself
This is a, the first letter in our book. It writes itself in the right order, starting from the green dot, so your child can see where the pencil goes. Press Slowly and follow it with a finger.
Tap A to see the capital write itself too.
On a phone or tablet, Bring it into your room puts the letter on your floor or table, through the camera. No app to install.
Have the book?
- Each letter page in the book has a code. Scan it with your phone or tablet: the letter writes itself, slowly, and then comes into your room. No app to install.
- Every letter's sheets are on this page: pick the letter under Print.
- Every letter, from a to z, has its own page here too: tap its sticker at the top of this page. The letter writes itself there, next to its sheets, things that start with it and animals too.
Print · free, no sign-up
ABC chart, alphabet strip and printable alphabet letters
The whole alphabet at once. Every sheet comes in US Letter and A4, in black and white first, then color.
ABC chart
All 26 letters, capital and small, with numbered start dots. For the wall, the fridge or a folder.
1 page · PDF
A to Z tracing booklet
A tracing worksheet for every letter, capital and small: 26 pages in one PDF.
26 pages · PDF
How to write the small letters
All 26 small letters on one page, with start dots and arrows.
1 page · PDF
How to write the capital letters
All 26 capitals on one page, with start dots and arrows.
1 page · PDF
Alphabet strip for the desk
Four strips to cut out and tape end to end, capital and small, where your child writes.
1 page · PDF
Letter tracing worksheets and alphabet coloring pages, A to Z
Pick a letter. Each one has a tracing worksheet with the capital and the small letter, one for the small letter only, one for the capital only, a coloring page and a find the letter sheet.
Letter A a: 5 sheets to print
Letter A a tracing worksheet
A and a on the road with arrows, then fainter, then from the dots alone. Then the word apple.
1 page · PDF
Small a only
Four rows of a, from the road to the dots alone. Then the word apple.
1 page · PDF
Capital A only
Four rows of A, from the road to the dots alone, and a line to write on.
1 page · PDF
Letter A coloring page
A big A and a with eyes to color, and a box to draw the apple it hides in.
1 page · PDF · black and white
Find every a
A page of letters, many of them look-alikes. Color every a, then count them. The answer is upside down.
1 page · PDF · black and white
Free for home and classroom use. To pass them on, please share the link to this page and not the file.
Your child's name
The letters that matter most
The book ends with your child writing their own name. So will the sheets.
From the book's page for grown-ups
How to use the sheets
Finger first, pencil later.
Tracing with a finger builds the movement before the pencil comes in. Let the first row be a finger row.
Start at the green dot.
The green dot is where to start. The numbers say which line comes first. On the black and white sheets the dot is black.
Follow the arrows.
Your child follows the road the way the arrows go. Each row gets a little fainter, until only the start dots are left.
Small letters first.
Most of the letters a child reads are small ones. The capital stands right next to each one.
Follow the school.
The letters are plain upright print, the style most schools in the United States teach first. If your child's school uses a different style, follow the school.
A few minutes is plenty.
One row, or one letter, and stop while it is still FUN. Tomorrow there is another letter.
Questions
Grown-ups ask
- Small letters or capital letters first?
- Our book starts with the small letters, because most of the letters a child reads are small ones. The capital stands next to the small letter on every tracing worksheet, so your child meets both. Many children already know the capitals in their own name, and that is fine too.
- What age are these alphabet worksheets for?
- Ages 3 to 5. A three year old can trace the road with a finger, and the pencil can wait until holding one feels easy. Older children who are still finding their letters can use them too.
- Which handwriting style do the sheets use?
- Plain upright print: round letters and straight lines that do not join up. It is the style most schools in the United States teach first. The small a and g have one round part, the way children write them, not the way most books print them. If your child's school uses a different style, follow the school.
- How long should a child practice each day?
- A few minutes is plenty at this age. One row or one letter, and stop while it is still fun. A letter a day takes you through the alphabet in about four weeks, and a letter a week fits easily into a school year.
- Are the sheets really free?
- Yes. Every sheet is free to print at home or for a class, with no sign-up and no email. Each one comes in US Letter and A4, in black and white first, and most in color too. To share them, please share the link to this page, not the file.
- Why do the letters have dots and arrows?
- The green dot shows where to start and the arrows show which way to go. When a letter has more than one line, the dots are numbered: 1 first, then 2. That is how our book shows every letter, and the sheets are drawn from the same letters, so the two always agree.
Our own book
Catch the Letters! A Bedtime Alphabet Book
By Katia Sunn · for grown-ups · coming soon
A bedtime story. The letters hide all over the house, each one inside a thing that starts with its sound, and your child catches each one by tracing it with a finger.
Every letter page has a code: scan it with a phone or tablet and the letter comes into your room.