Free · print at home · ages 3 to 5
Letter B worksheets and tracing
Tall back, round tummy: the letter that bounces in the bath.
“Tall back. Round tummy. Bounce, b, bounce!”
Watch it write itself
See b write itself
It starts at the green dot and goes the way the arrows go, in the same order your child traces it. Press Slowly and follow it with a finger.
Tap B 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.
How to write it
How to write b and B, in words
One line for each stroke, to read aloud while your child traces. On the sheets: the top line, the dashed middle line, and the base line, where the letters sit. If your child's school uses a different style, follow the school.
Small b
- Start at the green dot on the top line. Go straight down to the base line.
- Dot 2, halfway between the middle line and the base line: go up and round to the right, down to the base line and back to the tall line.
Capital B
- Start at the green dot on the top line. Go straight down to the base line.
- Dot 2: from the top of the line, go out to the right and round a bump, back to the line at the middle line.
- Dot 3: from the middle line, go out and round a second, bigger bump, back to the line at the base line.
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Letter B tracing worksheets and coloring page
Five sheets for B and b: tracing the capital and the small letter, the small b only, the capital B only, a coloring page and a find every b page. US Letter and A4, black and white first, then color.
Letter B b tracing worksheet
B and b on the road with arrows, then fainter, then from the dots alone. Then the word bath.
1 page · PDF
Small b only
Four rows of b, from the road to the dots alone. Then the word bath.
1 page · PDF
Capital B only
Four rows of B, from the road to the dots alone, and a line to write on.
1 page · PDF
Letter B coloring page
A big B and b with eyes to color, and a box to draw the bath it hides in.
1 page · PDF · black and white
Find every b
A page of letters, many of them look-alikes. Color every b, 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. The whole alphabet at once (the ABC chart, the A to Z tracing booklet and the desk strip) is on the alphabet page.
For show and tell
Things that start with B
Everyday things a child can carry to school for letter B day. The first one is where b hides in our book.
- ball
- book
- banana
- balloon
- block
- bell
- bucket
- button
- bracelet
- bubble wand
- boot
The book's game, with no screen
- Print the letter. The coloring page works well: your child colors it first, then it goes into hiding.
- While nobody is looking, hide it in something that starts with its sound: in a boot, inside a book, or at the bottom of a bucket.
- Say the sound together, as the book does: “b, b, b... Where can b be?” When your child finds it, they trace it with a finger and shout “Got you, little b!”
Animals
Animals that start with B
Tap one with an arrow to meet it on our dinosaur pages.
- bear
- bee
- butterfly
- bat
- beaver
- badger
- beetle
- bison
- blue whale
- Brachiosaurusa dinosaur with long front legs and a long neck
- Brontosaurusthe thunder lizard
Good to know
b or d?
b and d are the same shape turned around, so lots of children mix them up for a while. It's part of learning, and it passes.
What helps most is the way they start. b starts with the tall line, then the round tummy. d starts with the round part, like a c, and the tall line comes second.
And a trick for reading: the word bed looks like a bed, with the b and the d as its two ends.
Questions
Grown-ups ask
- How do I stop my child mixing up b and d?
- Give it time, and teach the start. b starts with the tall line, then the round tummy. d starts with the round part, like a c, then the tall line. Say it while your child traces: tall line, then tummy.
- How do you write a lowercase b?
- Start on the top line and go straight down to the base line. Then start on that line again, halfway between the middle line and the base line, go up and round to the right, and back to the line. In our book: tall back, round tummy.
- What can my child bring for letter B show and tell?
- A ball, a book, a banana, a bell, a button or a bubble wand. The bath, where b hides in our book, will have to stay at home.
More letters
Our own book
Catch the Letters! A Bedtime Alphabet Book
By Katia Sunn · for grown-ups · coming soon
In the book, b hides in the bath. Your child finds it, traces it with a finger, and catches it. Every letter hides somewhere in the house, inside a thing that starts with its sound.
Every letter page has a code: scan it with a phone or tablet and the letter comes into your room.