Trace Capital Letters M to R

This printable gives your child one guided row for each of the capital letters M, N, O, P, Q, R. Every row uses the three-line handwriting guide found in most preschool workbooks: a solid top line, a dashed middle line, and a heavier baseline. The first letter in each row is printed a little darker as a model to copy, and the rest are lighter so they gradually feel more like the child's own writing.

M and N are the two most often reversed letters at this age. N is two posts with one diagonal running from the top of the first to the bottom of the second; M is two posts with a V dropped between them. Drawing the outer posts first, then the middle, keeps both upright. O is one continuous curve that starts at the top and comes back to where it began, which is also how the numeral 0 is formed. P and R start the same way, a post and then a bump, and R adds a leg; tracing them one row after the other makes the difference visible instead of something to remember. Q is O with a short tail, and the tail belongs outside the circle, not through it.

This is sheet 3 of four. The rows are the same size and the guide lines are the same as on the earlier sheets, so a child who has done G to L will know what to do without being told.

Print this at 100% scale on plain A4 or Letter paper. If your child is still building grip strength, slide the page into a clear plastic sleeve and let them trace with a dry-wipe marker — the same sheet then lasts for weeks.