Free · print at home · ages 3 to 5
Letter C worksheets and tracing
One round line, no lifting the pencil, and the start of a, d, g and q.
“c loves to curl. Round and round and round.”
Watch it write itself
See c 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 C 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 c and C, 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 c
- Start at the green dot, just under the middle line on the right. Go up and round to the left, down, and round the bottom. Stop before it closes.
Capital C
- Start at the green dot, just under the top line on the right. Go up and round to the left, all the way down to the base line, and round the bottom. Leave it open.
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Letter C tracing worksheets and coloring page
Five sheets for C and c: tracing the capital and the small letter, the small c only, the capital C only, a coloring page and a find every c page. US Letter and A4, black and white first, then color.
Letter C c tracing worksheet
C and c on the road with arrows, then fainter, then from the dots alone. Then the word cup.
1 page · PDF
Small c only
Four rows of c, from the road to the dots alone. Then the word cup.
1 page · PDF
Capital C only
Four rows of C, from the road to the dots alone, and a line to write on.
1 page · PDF
Letter C coloring page
A big C and c with eyes to color, and a box to draw the cup it hides in.
1 page · PDF · black and white
Find every c
A page of letters, many of them look-alikes. Color every c, 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 C
Everyday things a child can carry to school for letter C day. The first one is where c hides in our book.
- cara toy one
- crayon
- cap
- comb
- coin
- cookie
- carda birthday card
- carrot
- cameraa toy one
- clock
- crowna paper one
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: under a cup, in a cupboard, or behind a cushion.
- Say the sound together, as the book does: “c, c, c... Where can c be?” When your child finds it, they trace it with a finger and shout “Got you, little c!”
Animals
Animals that start with C
Tap one with an arrow to meet it on our dinosaur pages.
- cat
- cow
- camel
- cheetah
- crab
- crocodile
- chicken
- caterpillar
- chimpanzee
- chipmunk
- Carnotaurusa meat-eating dinosaur with two horns
Good to know
The letter with two sounds
c can sound hard, as in cup, cat and car. That's the same sound as k.
It can also sound soft, as in circle and city. That's the same sound as s.
For the hiding game, stick to the hard c: things that start like cup. The sound stays the same, and your child can hear it.
Questions
Grown-ups ask
- What starts with C for show and tell?
- A cup (our book's hiding place), a toy car, a crayon, a cap, a comb, a coin, a cookie or a paper crown. Pick things that start like cup, not like circle, so the sound stays the same.
- Is c a good first letter to write?
- It's a good one to start with: one movement, and no lifting the pencil. It's also the start of a, d, g and q, which all begin with the same round line.
More letters
Our own book
Catch the Letters! A Bedtime Alphabet Book
By Katia Sunn · for grown-ups · coming soon
In the book, c hides in the cup. 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.