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Kindergarten Writing & Tracing Worksheets

Handwriting is a motor skill before it is a literacy skill. The tracing thread in our packets starts with pure pencil-control fun - follow the tiger, buzz with the bee, drive the dog home - then narrows to letter formation, the letters of your child’s own name, and finally whole words traced letter by letter.

On screen, the same activities are finger-traced: the line lights up as you go and the picture celebrates when the path is complete. Tablet tracing is a genuinely good pre-pencil workout.

Tiger Tracing online - follow the path with a finger
▶️ Tiger Tracing online - play it online

All writing & tracing printables in this set

Each worksheet lives inside a free weekly packet with nine pages: literacy, math and a creative page for three days. Log in to download the packet you want, or work through the packets in order.

Tiger, Cow, Cat & Bee Tracing - kindergarten worksheet preview
Tiger, Cow, Cat & Bee TracingAnimal path tracing for first pencil control (Weeks 1-8).
Letter Tracing I & II - kindergarten worksheet preview
Letter Tracing I & IIDotted uppercase letters with stroke guides.
Apple Letter Tracing - kindergarten worksheet preview
Apple Letter TracingTrace the alphabet on apples, one crisp row at a time.
Letters in My Name - kindergarten worksheet preview
Letters in My NameThe most motivating word there is.
Little Word Tracing - kindergarten worksheet preview
Little Word TracingTwo- and three-letter words traced whole (Weeks 18-22).
Bigger & Big Word Tracing - kindergarten worksheet preview
Bigger & Big Word TracingLonger words as confidence grows (Weeks 23-27).
Animal Word Tracing - kindergarten worksheet preview
Animal Word TracingTrace the names of favorite animals.
Draw & Write Pages - kindergarten worksheet preview
Draw & Write PagesMy Dinosaur, My Favorite Toy - draw it, then label it (Weeks 35-36).

Every one of these pages is playable online.

Finger tracing, spoken sounds and tap-to-paint coloring, using the same writing & tracing curriculum, saved to your child’s progress map.

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FAQ

How do I help a child who hates handwriting practice?

Shrink the ask and raise the fun: five minutes of animal-path tracing beats twenty minutes of rows of letters. The finger-traced online versions are also a great warm-up before pencil work - same movements, zero eraser tears.

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