Learning to write a letter starts with watching how it is made and following it with a pencil. Every row on these worksheets begins with one letter drawn as a solid line. Next comes the same letter in dots to trace, and then empty space on the same lines, where the child writes it alone.

The rows use three lines: the top line for tall letters, a dashed middle line for small letters such as a, c and e, and the base line that every letter sits on. Letters such as g, j, p, q and y hang below the base line. The same lines are used on the Letter of the day pages and on name tracing, so a child meets one set of lines across the site.

Set Letters to A to F, G to L, M to R, S to Z, all letters, or the numbers 0 to 9, and Case to capital and lowercase together, capitals only, or lowercase only. Six rows give medium letters; four rows make them bigger for younger children, eight rows smaller. Letters go in alphabet order, and when a group has more letters than rows, New sheet shows the next ones. Click any row to put in another letter or number, lock the rows you like, and print. There is no answer key: every row shows what to write. Nothing to sign up for.

12 ready-to-print sheets

• Letter tracing · A–F · Capital and lowercase · 6 rows
• Letter tracing · G–L · Capital and lowercase · 6 rows
• Letter tracing · M–R · Capital and lowercase · 6 rows
• Letter tracing · S–X · Capital and lowercase · 6 rows
• Letter tracing · U–Z · Capital and lowercase · 6 rows
• Letter tracing · a–f · Lowercase · 6 rows
• Letter tracing · g–l · Lowercase · 6 rows
• Letter tracing · m–r · Lowercase · 6 rows
• Letter tracing · s–x · Lowercase · 6 rows
• Letter tracing · u–z · Lowercase · 6 rows
• Number tracing · 0–5 · 6 rows
• Number tracing · 4–9 · 6 rows