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Letter B worksheets

A free five-page pack for the letter B: giant letters to trace and color, capital and lowercase handwriting rows, beginning sounds with pictures, a letter hunt and an answer key.

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Watch it solved

42 sec · with voice and captions

A pencil works one example of each activity, so you can see how the worksheet goes before you print it. Tap a step to jump to it. The rest of the sheet is left for your child to finish.

Read what the video says

0:00 Let's learn the letter B, step by step.
0:03 Meet the letter B. Trace the big letter, then color it in. B makes the sound you hear at the start of ball.
0:10 Trace the capital B. Start at the top line.
0:15 Now trace the lowercase b.
0:19 Say each picture, and circle the ones that start with the B sound. Bee starts with B, so circle it.
0:26 Write the first letter. Ball starts with b.
0:30 Find the letter. Color every capital B, and every lowercase b.
0:35 Great job! Now print the free worksheet, and finish the rest on your own.

B is for …

ball
bus
banana
bee

The sound

B b makes /b/, as in ball.

How to write it

Capital B: Pull down from the top, go back up, bump out to the middle, then bump out again to the bottom.

Lowercase b: Pull down from the top, go back up halfway and circle forward.

What the worksheets look like

Letter B worksheet with giant letters to trace and pictures — Page 1: meet the letter B

Letter B beginning sounds worksheet — Page 3: beginning sounds

Common questions

What sound does the letter B make?

B b makes /b/, as in ball.

What words start with B?

Easy picture words for young children: ball, bus, banana, bee. Say each one slowly and stretch the first sound.

How do you write a capital B?

Pull down from the top, go back up, bump out to the middle, then bump out again to the bottom.

How do you write a lowercase b?

Pull down from the top, go back up halfway and circle forward.