Trace Lowercase Letter c

A single curve makes c, so the model shows one start dot and one arrow. Look for the dot on the right-hand side, about a quarter of the way down from the middle line, with its arrow heading up and over to the left. The curve touches the middle line, comes down the back, rounds the bottom on the baseline and carries on to the right, stopping a little way up. The right side stays open.

It looks like the easiest page in the set, and it may be the most useful. The same backward curve begins a, d, g, o and q, so time spent here is time saved on five other letters. Plenty of four-year-olds start c at the bottom and work up, which gives the same shape and the wrong habit. This style adds nothing to c, so it matches the plain print c you know.

If the curve keeps closing into an o, put a fingertip in the gap and ask your child to stop before reaching it. Pick a c word for each row as it fills up, such as cat, cup or cow.