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Letter P worksheets

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

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
  1. 0:00 Let's learn the letter P, step by step.
  2. 0:03 Meet the letter P. Trace the big letter, then color it in. P makes the sound you hear at the start of penguin.
  3. 0:10 Trace the capital P. Start at the top line.
  4. 0:15 Now trace the lowercase p.
  5. 0:19 Say each picture, and circle the ones that start with the P sound. Pear starts with P, so circle it.
  6. 0:26 Write the first letter. Penguin starts with p.
  7. 0:30 Find the letter. Color every capital P, and every lowercase p.
  8. 0:35 Great job! Now print the free worksheet, and finish the rest on your own.

P is for …

  • penguin
  • pear
  • panda
  • pencil

The sound

P p makes /p/, as in penguin.

How to write it

Capital P: Pull down, go back up and bump out to the middle.

Lowercase p: Pull down from the middle line to below the line, go back up and circle forward.

What the worksheets look like

Letter P worksheet with giant letters to trace and pictures
Page 1: meet the letter P
Letter P beginning sounds worksheet
Page 3: beginning sounds

Common questions

What sound does the letter P make?

P p makes /p/, as in penguin.

What words start with P?

Easy picture words for young children: penguin, pear, panda, pencil. Say each one slowly and stretch the first sound.

How do you write a capital P?

Pull down, go back up and bump out to the middle.

How do you write a lowercase p?

Pull down from the middle line to below the line, go back up and circle forward.