In the garden · Tracing sheet
Ages 4–8For a steady pencil grip and first letters
Say it, trace the grey letters, write it yourself.
- Age
- Ages 4–8
- Topic
- Nature & outdoors
- Skill
- Vocabulary · Writing
- Format
- Printable
🌻 Trace the words · In the garden
Say the word, trace the grey letters, then write it yourself!
Name: ______________
First column is the model — the child says it aloud, traces twice, then writes free-hand on the line.
How to use it in class
Say it, then trace it. Before the pencils move, the class says the word with you. Tracing a word you can say joins the sound to the spelling; tracing in silence is copying shapes.
Start where the letter starts. Show on the board where each letter begins and which way the pencil goes. A child who traces from the wrong end builds a habit that is hard to undo — watch the first row before they carry on.
Make one copy last. Slip the sheet into a plastic sleeve and trace with a whiteboard pen: wipe it and go again, all week. Press “Other words” for a second sheet from the same topic.
Same words, another sheet
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