Cutting practice worksheets
Strips of thick lines to cut along: straight lines first, then zigzags, waves and steps. Each strip starts at a pair of scissors, so a child knows where to begin.
Tracing lines worksheets
Dotted lines to trace with a pencil, each from a starting dot beside a picture to the picture at its end: the bee to the flower, the bird to its nest. Straight lines across and down come first, then zigzags, curves and loops. Beside each line, the letters it is in.
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Which lines to start with
Start with straight lines across and down: they are the simplest, and most capital letters are made of them. Zigzags add corners, where the pencil stops and changes direction. Hills, cups and waves ask for a steady curve, and loops, which go back over themselves, come last, just before cursive. The small line of text beside each line names the letters it is in, so a child who can trace hills is ready for n and m.
How to use the sheet
Put a finger on the dot and trace the line with it first, then with a pencil or crayon. The arrow beside each dot shows the way to go: left to right, and top to bottom, the way letters are written. Fewer lines make each one wider apart, which suits a younger child. On a sheet of one kind of line, the last line has only its dot and its pictures, for the child to draw alone.
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Eight shapes to trace and name on one sheet: circle, square, triangle, rectangle, oval, diamond, star and heart. Or one shape a page: the shape to look at, two rows to trace, and a row with only the starting dots, to draw it alone. Every shape starts at a dot, with an arrow for the way to go.
Number matching worksheets
Numbers down one side and groups of pictures down the other, in a shuffled order: count each group and draw a line to its number. The pictures sit in rows of five, as on a ten frame, so seven reads as five and two. Choose the numbers, 1 to 10 or fewer, and the pictures; the answer key follows.
Shadow matching worksheets
Six pictures down one side and their shadows down the other, in a shuffled order, to join with a line; or the shadows on the page and the pictures to cut out and glue on them. Choose everyday things, Halloween, Christmas, spring or Easter pictures; the answer key follows.
Number word matching worksheets
Numbers down one side and their words down the other, in a shuffled order, to join with a line: 3 to three, 15 to fifteen. Choose the numbers, 1 to 10, the teens or any run from 0 to 20, and which way round; seven pairs fit on a page and the answer key follows.
Shape matching worksheets
Seven shapes in colour down one side and, in a shuffled order, their names or their outlines down the other, to join with a line. The first shapes: circle, square, triangle, rectangle, oval, star and heart; then hexagon, pentagon, octagon, rhombus, trapezoid, semicircle and crescent. The answer key follows.
I spy worksheets
Pictures scattered over the page to find and count, with a box beside each picture at the foot to write how many. Choose everyday things, Halloween, Christmas, spring or Easter pictures and how many to count; the answer key follows, and New pictures makes a fresh sheet.
Halloween I spy
Pumpkins, bats, ghosts, moons, candy and spider webs scattered over the page to find and count, with a box at the foot to write how many of each. Print a different sheet for every child, with the answer keys after the sheets.
Christmas I spy
Christmas trees, presents, stars, bells, snowmen and snowflakes scattered over the page to find and count, with a box at the foot to write how many of each. Print a different sheet for every child, with the answer keys after the sheets.
Easter I spy
Easter eggs, bunnies, chicks, baskets, flowers and bees scattered over the page to find and count, with a box at the foot to write how many of each. Print a different sheet for every child, with the answer keys after the sheets.
Hidden objects worksheets
A page crowded with drawings in black outline, and a row of pictures at the foot to find among them, each hidden there once. Choose everyday things, Halloween, Christmas, spring and Easter, or school pictures, and how hard: the harder sheets hide more pictures among more drawings that overlap and slant. The answer key circles every one.
Halloween hidden objects
Pumpkins, bats, ghosts, a witch’s hat and a spider web hidden among dozens of drawings in black outline, each once, to find from the row at the foot of the page. Print a different sheet for every child, with the answer keys after the sheets.
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