Free · print at home · ages 3 to 5
Letter F worksheets and tracing
Tall, with a hook on top and a line across, like a fork standing up straight.
“One fork is standing very straight. Its top is bent. Its little arms are sticking out.”
Watch it write itself
See f 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 F 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 f and F, 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 f
- Start at the green dot, a little under the top line on the right. Curve up and over to the left, then go straight down to the base line.
- Dot 2, on the middle line: go across the tall line, from left to right.
Capital F
- 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.
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Letter F tracing worksheets and coloring page
Five sheets for F and f: tracing the capital and the small letter, the small f only, the capital F only, a coloring page and a find every f page. US Letter and A4, black and white first, then color.
Letter F f tracing worksheet
F and f on the road with arrows, then fainter, then from the dots alone. Then the word fork.
1 page · PDF
Small f only
Four rows of f, from the road to the dots alone. Then the word fork.
1 page · PDF
Capital F only
Four rows of F, from the road to the dots alone, and a line to write on.
1 page · PDF
Letter F coloring page
A big F and f with eyes to color, and a box to draw the fork it hides in.
1 page · PDF · black and white
Find every f
A page of letters, many of them look-alikes. Color every f, 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 F
Everyday things a child can carry to school for letter F day. The first one is where f hides in our book.
- feather
- flower
- flag
- flashlight
- finger puppet
- fana paper one
- football
- fire trucka toy one
- froga toy one
- fossil
- flip-flop
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 folder, under a flowerpot, or tucked into a flip-flop.
- Say the sound together, as the book does: “f, f, f... Where can f be?” When your child finds it, they trace it with a finger and shout “Got you, little f!”
Animals
Animals that start with F
- fox
- frog
- fish
- fly
- flamingo
- falcon
- ferret
- firefly
Good to know
f or t?
Both have a line across, so they're easy to mix up.
f is tall and has a hook at the top, like the handle of a walking stick. t is shorter, with a straight top. Our book says it best: the fork's top is bent.
Questions
Grown-ups ask
- How do you write a lowercase f?
- Start a little under the top line on the right. Curve up and over to the left, like the handle of a walking stick, and go straight down to the base line. Then cross it on the middle line, from left to right.
- Does f go below the line?
- Not in the style on our sheets: f sits on the base line, like most letters. Some handwriting styles give it a tail below the line. If your child's school does that, follow the school.
- What starts with F for show and tell?
- A feather, a flower, a flag, a flashlight, a finger puppet, a fossil or a flip-flop. A fork too, a plastic one: that's where f hides in our book.
More letters
Our own book
Catch the Letters! A Bedtime Alphabet Book
By Katia Sunn · for grown-ups · coming soon
In the book, f hides in the fork. 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.