✏️ Tracing & Pre-Writing
Trace Bumpy Curves and Loops
Ages 3–437
Tracing & Pre-Writing worksheets for 3 year olds
13 tracing & pre-writing worksheets pitched at 3 year olds, free to print with no account and no watermark. Four of the 13 are gentle starting points; the rest ask for more control.
The strokes that come before letters: straight lines, curves, zigzags and loops.
They assume a child who copies vertical, horizontal and circular strokes, which is typical at three. If that is not there yet, the age 2 sheets are the better place to start.
Sheets in this set include Trace Bumpy Curves and Loops, Zigzag Line Tracing and Curvy Line Tracing. Each is one page on A4, laid out with margins wide enough that nothing is lost printing on US Letter.
Five to ten minutes at a time is plenty at this age, and going outside the lines is the expected outcome rather than a mistake. Print in grayscale to save ink, or slide the sheet into a plastic pocket and hand over a dry-wipe marker so the same page lasts a month.
What most 3 year olds can do
- •Copies vertical, horizontal and circular strokes
- •Counts objects up to five with one-to-one pointing
- •Sorts confidently by a single attribute like color
- •Begins to recognize the letters in their own name
Averages, not targets. Children vary enormously at this age.
13 tracing & pre-writing worksheets for 3 year olds
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Trace Standing and Sleeping Lines
Ages 3–417
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Pre-Writing Patterns: Trace, Then Write
Ages 3–52
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Copy Capital Letters A to Z
Ages 3–512
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Copy Capital Letters U to Z
Ages 3–58
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Copy Capital Letters P to T
Ages 3–58
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Copy Capital Letters K to O
Ages 3–58
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Copy Capital Letters F to J
Ages 3–59
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Pre-Writing Patterns: All Four
Ages 3–513
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Copy Capital Letters A to E
Ages 3–511
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Zigzag Line Tracing
Ages 3–529
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Curvy Line Tracing
Ages 3–518
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Straight Line Tracing
Ages 2–48