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Letter R worksheets
A free five-page pack for the letter R: 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 captionsA 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 R, step by step.
- 0:03 Meet the letter R. Trace the big letter, then color it in. R makes the sound you hear at the start of rabbit.
- 0:10 Trace the capital R. Start at the top line.
- 0:15 Now trace the lowercase r.
- 0:19 Say each picture, and circle the ones that start with the R sound. Rabbit starts with R, so circle it.
- 0:27 Write the first letter. Rabbit starts with r.
- 0:30 Find the letter. Color every capital R, and every lowercase r.
- 0:36 Great job! Now print the free worksheet, and finish the rest on your own.
R is for …
- rabbit
- rainbow
- robot
- rocket
The sound
The soundR r makes /r/, as in rabbit.
How to write it
Capital R: Pull down, go back up, bump out to the middle, then slant down to the bottom.
Lowercase r: Pull down from the middle line, go back up and curve over a little.
What the worksheets look like
Common questions
What sound does the letter R make?
R r makes /r/, as in rabbit.
What words start with R?
Easy picture words for young children: rabbit, rainbow, robot, rocket. Say each one slowly and stretch the first sound.
How do you write a capital R?
Pull down, go back up, bump out to the middle, then slant down to the bottom.
How do you write a lowercase r?
Pull down from the middle line, go back up and curve over a little.
