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Letter D worksheets and tracing
The letter that drums on the door. It starts round, like c, then stands tall.
“Dum, dum, d! There it is... d, drumming away.”
Watch it write itself
See d 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 D 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 d and D, 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 d
- Start at the green dot, just under the middle line on the right. Go up and round to the left, down to the base line, and back up to the dot, as for a.
- Dot 2, on the top line: go straight down the right side of the circle to the base line.
Capital D
- 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 a little to the right, then round a big curve down to the base line and back to the line.
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Letter D tracing worksheets and coloring page
Five sheets for D and d: tracing the capital and the small letter, the small d only, the capital D only, a coloring page and a find every d page. US Letter and A4, black and white first, then color.
Letter D d tracing worksheet
D and d on the road with arrows, then fainter, then from the dots alone. Then the word door.
1 page · PDF
Small d only
Four rows of d, from the road to the dots alone. Then the word door.
1 page · PDF
Capital D only
Four rows of D, from the road to the dots alone, and a line to write on.
1 page · PDF
Letter D coloring page
A big D and d with eyes to color, and a box to draw the door it hides in.
1 page · PDF · black and white
Find every d
A page of letters, many of them look-alikes. Color every d, 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 D
Everyday things a child can carry to school for letter D day. The first one is where d hides in our book.
- doll
- dinosaura toy one
- drum
- dice
- ducka rubber one
- domino
- dime
- dish
- doughnut
- drawingone your child made
- daisy
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: behind a door, in a drawer, or under a doll.
- Say the sound together, as the book does: “d, d, d... Where can d be?” When your child finds it, they trace it with a finger and shout “Got you, little d!”
Animals
Animals that start with D
Tap one with an arrow to meet it on our dinosaur pages.
- dog
- duck
- dolphin
- deer
- donkey
- dragonfly
- dingoa wild dog from Australia
- dove
- Dilophosaurusa dinosaur with two crests on its head
- Diplodocusa long neck dinosaur with a very long tail
Good to know
Start round, and d faces the right way
d is b turned around, and that's why the two get mixed up.
The fix is in the first line. d starts with the round part, exactly the way c and a start, and only then the tall line. If your child starts a d with the circle, it can't come out backwards.
Questions
Grown-ups ask
- How is d different from b?
- They look alike, but they start differently. d starts with the round part, the same way as c and a, and the tall line comes second. b starts with the tall line.
- How do you write a lowercase d?
- Make a circle the way you start an a: from just under the middle line, up and round to the left and back. Then go to the top line and draw a straight line all the way down the right side.
- What starts with D for show and tell?
- A doll, a toy dinosaur, a drum, dice, a rubber duck, a domino, a dime or a daisy. And a drawing of your front door, for the book's hiding place.
More letters
Our own book
Catch the Letters! A Bedtime Alphabet Book
By Katia Sunn · for grown-ups · coming soon
In the book, d hides in the door. 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.