Letter c tracing worksheet
The whole curve stays between the baseline and the dashed middle line. No tall stick.
Rows use Patrick Hand, an open-source print font. It is not Zaner-Bloser or D'Nealian. Dashed rows are outlines of the whole letter, not numbered stroke arrows.
Need a different row height, or a whole word? Name tracing
How this letter is formed
- 1Start at one o'clock, the same place as a, but do not close it.
- 2Circle left and down and stop at about four o'clock, leaving the right side open.
The mix-up to watch
Closing the circle turns c into an o. Stopping too early leaves a shape that reads as a backwards c.
Words that use it
cat · cup · ice · circle
Common questions
Where do I start a lowercase c?
Start at one o'clock, the same place as a, but do not close it.
How is c different from the letter it gets mixed up with?
Closing the circle turns c into an o. Stopping too early leaves a shape that reads as a backwards c.
Which words use a lowercase c?
Start with cat, cup, ice, circle. Each word uses c in a different spot, so the letter is not only practiced at the start of the word.
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