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Letter W worksheets and tracing
Down, up, down, up: the letter waving at the moon through the window.
“It's w, with two little valleys and wiggly arms.”
Watch it write itself
See w 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 W 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 w and W, 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 w
- Start at the green dot on the middle line. Slant down to the base line, up to the middle line, down again and up again, without lifting the pencil.
Capital W
- Start at the green dot on the top line. Slant down to the base line, up to the top line, down again and up again, without lifting the pencil.
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Letter W tracing worksheets and coloring page
Five sheets for W and w: tracing the capital and the small letter, the small w only, the capital W only, a coloring page and a find every w page. US Letter and A4, black and white first, then color.
Letter W w tracing worksheet
W and w on the road with arrows, then fainter, then from the dots alone. Then the word window.
1 page · PDF
Small w only
Four rows of w, from the road to the dots alone. Then the word window.
1 page · PDF
Capital W only
Four rows of W, from the road to the dots alone, and a line to write on.
1 page · PDF
Letter W coloring page
A big W and w with eyes to color, and a box to draw the window it hides in.
1 page · PDF · black and white
Find every w
A page of letters, many of them look-alikes. Color every w, 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 W
Everyday things a child can carry to school for letter W day. The first one is where w hides in our book.
- watch
- wagona toy one
- wanda magic wand
- whistle
- wallet
- watering can
- wooden spoon
- walkie-talkiea toy one
- worma toy one
- wheelfrom a toy car
- watermelona slice, in a box
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: on the windowsill behind the curtain, in a toy wagon, or inside a wallet.
- Say the sound together, as the book does: “w, w, w... Where can w be?” When your child finds it, they trace it with a finger and shout “Got you, little w!”
Animals
Animals that start with W
- whale
- wolf
- walrus
- worm
- woodpecker
- wombat
- weasel
- warthog
- wildebeest
- woodchuckanother name for the groundhog
- wren
- wallaby
Good to know
Double u, or double v?
Say its name: double u. Now look at it: it's two v's joined together.
Long ago, w was written as two u's side by side. The shape turned pointy, and the name stayed.
In our book, w waves at the moon, with two little valleys between its arms.
Questions
Grown-ups ask
- How do you write a lowercase w?
- Start on the middle line, on the left. Slant down to the base line, up to the middle line, down again and up again, all without lifting the pencil. Two points at the bottom.
- Why is w called double u?
- Long ago it was written as two u's side by side. The shape turned pointy, but the name stayed. In French it's called double v, which matches the shape better!
- What starts with W for show and tell?
- A watch, a toy wagon, a magic wand, a whistle, a watering can or a wooden spoon. And a drawing of the view from your window, where w 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, w hides in the window. 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.