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Tracing Worksheets

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Class set

One copy for every student: type the first names and get one PDF, with each name on that student's own pages. Every student's pages use the same settings.

Class lists are used only to draw the pages and are never saved.

Pre-writing pages for tracing straight, curved and zigzag lines, then circles, squares, triangles and other shapes. Each path is a thick dashed line with a dot where the pencil starts. When lines feel easy, the letter tracing worksheets are the next step.

Lines and shapes before letters

There are no letters anywhere in this PDF. Its six pages go from straight lines to curved lines, zigzags, circles, then squares and triangles, and a last page of more shapes. Every path is a thick dashed track with a dot marking its start, so a crayon or a pencil can follow it from end to end.

It sits before the alphabet pages on this site. After it come Letter Tracing Worksheets, one letter per page, or the name generator on the home page for tracing a first name.

Three examples

  • A pre-writing page of thick dashed curved lines, each with a starting dot.
    Page 2, curved lines, each starting at a dot.
  • A pre-writing page of thick dashed zigzag lines with starting dots.
    Page 3, zigzag lines.
  • A pre-writing page of dashed squares and triangles to trace.
    Page 5, squares and triangles to trace around.

Questions and answers

What order are the tracing pages in?

Straight lines, curved lines, zigzag lines, circles, squares and triangles, then more shapes: six pages, each with one kind of path.

Why does every path have a dot at one end?

The dot is where the crayon goes down. Starting there and following the dashes means each path is traced from the same end every time.

Is there a version with letters to trace?

Not in this file, which is lines and shapes only. The alphabet is on Letter Tracing Worksheets, one letter to a page.

Can the pages be used more than once?

Slide a page into a clear plastic sleeve and trace the dashes with a dry-erase marker; wipe it off and the page is ready again.

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