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Week 6: Letters D, E, F

Letters D, E and F are here. These three have very different shapes, so they make a good set for noticing how each letter is built.

What your child is practicing

Recognizing D, E and F in big and little form
Tracing with correct starting points
Hearing the first sound in a word

This week's worksheets

Printable worksheet with dashed uppercase and lowercase letters D, E and F on handwriting guide lines

Letters & Writing
~10 min

Trace Letters D, E, F

Trace uppercase and lowercase D, E and F, then write them on your own.

Printable worksheet with two grids of capital letters where a child circles every D and every E

Letters & Writing
~8 min

Letter Hunt: D and E

Find and circle every D and every E in two letter grids.

Printable letter-matching worksheet with uppercase D, E and F linked to lowercase letters and rows of letters to circle

Letters & Writing
~10 min

Match the Letters: D, E, F

Match big and little D, E and F, then find the matching letter among look-alikes.

Printable worksheet with pictures of duck, egg, fish, apple next to letters to circle

Letters & Writing
~10 min

Beginning Sounds: D, E, F

Say each picture and pick the letter it starts with: D (duck), E (egg) and F (fish) and more.

Try it off paper: Letter in the air

Draw the letter big in the air with two fingers, then on your child's back. Guess it, then swap.

Parent tip

Say the sound, not the name, when you point to a letter. "Duh" for D helps reading later.