Looking for a motivating way to teach kids how to write the ABC’s? These free letter tracing sheets take writing practice to a whole new level of fun. The motivating pages are great to use as a literacy center, homeschool activity… even a busy bag you can take along when you’re out and about.
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Making the ABC Book
I wanted to keep all of the letter tracing sheets together in an easy to grab busy bag book for my boys. After printing and cutting the freebie (below), I picked up a 4 x 6 photo album from the dollar store and slid the pages inside the sleeves.
Then, I grabbed a Matchbox car and invited the boys to join me. Easy peasy!
Letter Tracing
Giving kids plenty of practice forming letters is an important step in helping them become independent writers. When children can write the ABC’s automatically, their brains are freed up to work on other parts of writing like identifying letter sounds and adding punctuation.
Since I wanted the boys to learn correct letter formation, I included a little GO sign at the start of each letter. My boys placed the car on the road next to the sign and drove their car across the letter.
So straightforward and engaging!!
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These are brilliant!! I printed all of them off and shared them with friends!
Thanks for the wonderful Uppercase, Lowercase alphabet and Number roads. I am going to print these off tomorrow at school and start using them with my Kindergarteners in our writing and math stations. I am also going to make a set to keep at home for my younger kids, they are 4 and 2!
This is such a cute idea. Do you have matching numbers?
Hi Lauren! Yes, you can find our matching number tracing book here:
https://www.playdoughtoplato.com/number-counting-number-tracing/
Enjoy!
Malia
I cannot get the letters (upper or lower) to print. 🙁 Says link unavailable. This is an awesome idea!
Hi Danielle! I’m sorry that you’re having difficulty downloading the letter tracing roads. Since it’s a subscriber freebie, our system has to add you to the “approved” list before it grants access to the PDF. Sometimes that takes a couple of minutes.
Let’s jump to Plan B- here’s the direct link to the PDF–>
https://www.playdoughtoplato.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ALPHABET-ROAD-TRIP.pdf
Fingers crossed that does the trick!
These are SO AWESOME. Thank you so much for this freebie and all the other products you offer! This site is very inspiring!
I am not able to download the “alphabet road tracing book”. It’s adorable!
Hello Donna,
I am so sorry you are having trouble and have emailed you.
Warmly,
Kimberleigh // Happiness Ambassador
I love these! I wish they were on a white background though. This uses a lot of printer ink.
Hi Cindy,
Thanks for reaching out- a great idea- we will add that to the wish list.
Have a wonderful week.
Warmly,
Kimberleigh
Thank u for the lovely idea,and free printables.
Thank you, Fatema, enjoy!
I tried to sign up and down load the race car alphabet, but it won’t go pass the sign in page can you help?
Thank you,
Karin
Hi Karin,
Thanks for reaching out, I am happy to help.
It sounds like you there may be blocks on your computer that are preventing a download.
Please check your firewall and the settings on your browser to ensure that popups and downloads from our site are allowed.
I hope this helps!
Warmly,
Kimberleigh