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Trace Cup Curves
Children trace rows of dotted cup curves and bumpy curves on four-line guides, going down, round the bottom and back up for every cup.
- Suitable for
- Ages 3–4
- Pages
- 1 page
- Level
- Easy
- Printing
- Black & white
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What your child practices
- Draw U-shaped cup curves that start at the top line
- Round the bottom of a curve instead of making a V point
- Switch between cup and bump curves from row to row
- Keep repeated curves an even size within the guide lines
About this worksheet
This page has five rows on four-line handwriting guides. Three rows are cup curves: the pencil starts on the top line, goes down, rounds the bottom on the baseline and climbs back up. Between them sit two rows of bumpy curves, the same shape turned upside down. Each row opens with a solid example, followed by seven dotted shapes to trace.
A cup curve is the stroke that makes u and U. Curves ask more of a young hand than straight lines, because the wrist has to keep turning at a steady rate instead of moving in one direction. Swapping between cups and bumps row by row also gives practice at changing direction on purpose, rather than drifting into whichever curve feels easier.
Say the path out loud as your child traces each cup: down, round, up. The spoken rhythm helps keep the cups the same size and stops the bottoms turning into sharp points.
How to use this sheet
Before starting, have your child trace the solid cup at the start of the row with a finger. If the cups come out as V shapes, slow down and draw one big cup in the air together.
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