Letter guide
Letter A Worksheets: Tracing & Writing
Learn how to write the letter A: watch uppercase and lowercase animations, try letter A tracing and a quiz, and download free letter A worksheets.
The body of a sits between the baseline and midline. Capital A reaches from the baseline to the topline. Watch how to write the letter A, check each starting point, then practice with the letter A tracing quiz and free letter A worksheets.
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How to write a lowercase a
This is the lowercase a children practice in Scribble’s handwriting course. Press play to follow each movement on the writing lines, then check the facts and numbered instructions beside it. A change of direction can be part of the same stroke; lift only between numbered strokes.
Lowercase a has one stroke.
Lowercase a is a short letter.
The body of a sits between the baseline and midline.
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Special c, up, back down.
Start at the midline. Stop at the baseline.
What to watch for
Close the round part before returning down the right side. Keep both the round part and the final downstroke in the small-letter space.
Letter a tracing: lowercase a quiz
Check the writing lines, tap where each stroke starts and stops, then trace the lowercase a with your finger, mouse or stylus. Keep following the green dot until the stroke finishes. Wrong taps let you try again.
3 quick checks · about a minute
Letter a worksheet: lowercase practice
Print this free lowercase a worksheet to move from screen to paper. Five rows guide you through tracing, starting at a dot, copying a model, writing from memory and tracing a word. Use actual size on US Letter paper or fit to page for A4.
How to write a capital A
This is the capital A children practice in Scribble’s handwriting course. Press play to follow each movement on the writing lines, then check the facts and numbered instructions beside it. A change of direction can be part of the same stroke; lift only between numbered strokes.
Capital A has three strokes.
Lift the pencil between the three numbered strokes.
Capital A is a capital letter.
Capital A reaches from the baseline to the topline.
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Big line slides down.
Start at the topline. Stop at the baseline.
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Another big line slides down.
Start at the topline. Stop at the baseline.
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Little line across.
Start at the midline. Stop at the midline.
What to watch for
The two long slants meet at the top. Add the crossbar at the midline after lifting from the second slant.
Letter A tracing: capital A quiz
Check the writing lines, tap where each stroke starts and stops, then trace the capital A with your finger, mouse or stylus. Keep following the green dot until the stroke finishes. Wrong taps let you try again.
3 quick checks · about a minute
Letter A worksheet: capital practice
Print this free capital A worksheet to move from screen to paper. Five rows guide you through tracing, starting at a dot, copying a model, writing from memory and tracing a word. Use actual size on US Letter paper or fit to page for A4.
Use A and a in words
The paired-letter sequence begins with a and A. Word encoding starts in the next lesson with “am,” once a and m have both been introduced.
Use words when the child knows the other letters too. These examples belong to a planned sequence; an individual letter worksheet is one small part of that teaching. Get early access to the print handwriting course.
Compare related letter shapes
Compare the starting points, height and direction in these related shapes. Notice which movement changes when you move from one letter to the next:
Learning connected writing? The cursive A guide shows its cursive forms and joins. Compare its movement with the separate-letter forms above.
Questions about writing letter A
A sequence that turns letters into writing
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