Letter guide
Letter J Worksheets: Tracing & Writing
Learn how to write the letter J: watch uppercase and lowercase animations, try letter J tracing and a quiz, and download free letter J worksheets.
Lowercase j begins in the small-letter space and descends below the baseline. Capital J reaches from the baseline to the topline. Watch how to write the letter J, check each starting point, then practice with the letter J tracing quiz and free letter J worksheets.
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How to write a lowercase j
This is the lowercase j 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 j has two strokes.
Lift the pencil between the two numbered strokes.
Lowercase j is a descending letter.
Lowercase j begins in the small-letter space and descends below the baseline.
- 1
Little line down, turn.
Start at the midline. Finish at the red stopping mark.
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Dot on top.
Tap once at the dot shown above the letter, then lift.
What to watch for
Begin at the midline, travel below the baseline and turn. Add the dot last, above the stem, with a separate tap.
Letter j tracing: lowercase j quiz
Check the writing lines, tap where each stroke starts and stops, then trace the lowercase j 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 j worksheet: lowercase practice
Print this free lowercase j 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 J
This is the capital J 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 J has two strokes.
Lift the pencil between the two numbered strokes.
Capital J is a capital letter.
Capital J reaches from the baseline to the topline.
- 1
Big line down, turn.
Start at the topline. Finish at the red stopping mark.
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Little line across the top.
Start at the topline. Stop at the topline.
What to watch for
The long stroke turns at the bottom. Lift for the top bar; the hook belongs at the bottom, not at the starting point.
Letter J tracing: capital J quiz
Check the writing lines, tap where each stroke starts and stops, then trace the capital J 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 J worksheet: capital practice
Print this free capital J 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 J and j in words
In Scribble’s paired-letter sequence, lesson 21 introduces j and J. Word practice from that lesson includes jet, jog, jot. Say a word, listen for its sounds, and choose the letters before writing it.
A sentence from this lesson
Jan jogs a lot.
In the course, students listen to the sentence, study its capital, punctuation and spacing, trace it, then write from memory with spoken prompts.
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 J guide shows its cursive forms and joins. Compare its movement with the separate-letter forms above.
Questions about writing letter J
A sequence that turns letters into writing
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