Free · print at home · ages 3 to 5
Letter E worksheets and tracing
A line across, then a curl: the letter hiding in the egg box.
“That last one isn't an egg. It has a little line across the middle. It's e!”
Watch it write itself
See e 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 E 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 e and E, 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 e
- Start at the green dot on the left, halfway between the middle line and the base line. Go straight across to the right. Then, without lifting the pencil, go up and round to the left, down, and round the bottom. Stop before it closes.
Capital E
- 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 across the top line to the right.
- Dot 3: from the middle line, go across to the right, a little shorter.
- Dot 4: from the bottom of the line, go across the base line to the right.
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Letter E tracing worksheets and coloring page
Five sheets for E and e: tracing the capital and the small letter, the small e only, the capital E only, a coloring page and a find every e page. US Letter and A4, black and white first, then color.
Letter E e tracing worksheet
E and e on the road with arrows, then fainter, then from the dots alone. Then the word egg.
1 page · PDF
Small e only
Four rows of e, from the road to the dots alone. Then the word egg.
1 page · PDF
Capital E only
Four rows of E, from the road to the dots alone, and a line to write on.
1 page · PDF
Letter E coloring page
A big E and e with eyes to color, and a box to draw the egg it hides in.
1 page · PDF · black and white
Find every e
A page of letters, many of them look-alikes. Color every e, 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 E
Everyday things a child can carry to school for letter E day. The first one is where e hides in our book.
- egg cup
- elephanta toy one
- envelope
- enginefrom a toy train
- elbow pad
- eggplant
- eraser
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 an empty egg box, or inside an envelope.
- Say the sound together, as the book does: “e, e, e... Where can e be?” When your child finds it, they trace it with a finger and shout “Got you, little e!”
Animals
Animals that start with E
Tap one with an arrow to meet it on our dinosaur pages.
- elephant
- eagle
- eel
- emu
- earthworm
- echidnaa spiny animal that lays eggs
- elk
- egret
- emperor penguin
- Edmontosaurusa duck-billed dinosaur
Good to know
The letter you'll see most
e is the most common letter in English. Open any book with your child and hunt for e's: there are lots on every page.
It's also the only small letter that starts in the middle, with a straight line across, before the curl.
Questions
Grown-ups ask
- How do you write a lowercase e?
- Start on the left, halfway between the middle line and the base line, and draw a straight line across. Then, without lifting the pencil, go up and round to the left, down and round the bottom, and stop before it closes. Line first, then the curl.
- What starts with E for show and tell?
- An egg (a plastic one travels better), an egg cup, a toy elephant, an envelope, a toy train engine or an eraser. E is a tricky letter, so a short list is fine.
More letters
Our own book
Catch the Letters! A Bedtime Alphabet Book
By Katia Sunn · for grown-ups · coming soon
In the book, e hides in the egg. 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.