Tracing lines: straight across
Dotted lines from a starting dot, left to right between two pictures: the first stroke to practise.
Preschool worksheets 13 sheets
Sheets for children of about 3 to 5 who are learning to hold a pencil and scissors, to match and find things, and to know their first numbers and letters. Print one, change it on its own page, or take the whole set as one PDF.
The whole set in one PDF
All 13 sheets on this page, after a contents page, with the answer keys together at the back: 27 pages.
13 sheets
Pencil and scissors 4
Tracing curves: hills, cups and waves
The strokes inside letters such as n, u and c, traced from left to right.
Shape tracing: eight shapes
A circle, square, triangle, rectangle, oval, diamond, star and heart, each with its name.
Cutting practice: straight lines
Thick straight lines to cut along, each starting at a pair of scissors.
Matching and finding 5
Matching shapes to their outlines
Seven shapes in colour to join with a line to their outlines.
I spy: find and count
Pictures scattered over the page to find, count and write how many.
Spot the difference: five to find
The same picture twice, with five things changed in the lower one.
Hidden objects: six to find
Six pictures to find among drawings in black outline, each hidden once.
First numbers and letters 4
Count and match, 1 to 5
Groups of pictures to count and join to their number.
Number tracing, 0 to 9
The numbers 0 to 9 in pale grey to trace, line after line.
Letter tracing, A to Z
The alphabet in capitals and small letters to trace on writing lines.
Matching capital and small letters
Capital letters to join to their small letters.
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Where to start
Start with the lines: straight lines across, then curves, then the shapes, which use both. Cutting along straight lines comes before cutting curves, and matching a shape to its outline comes before matching it to its name, because the child matches what they see. The counting and letter sheets at the end suit a child who already says the numbers to 5 and knows some letters by sight.
The whole set
The set prints every sheet on this page once, in the order shown, after a contents page that lists them with their page numbers. The answer keys come together at the back, so you can print the sheets for the class and keep the keys apart. On its own page, each sheet makes new questions every time and can be changed; the set is one fixed copy, the same each time you download it.