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Letter Y worksheets
A free five-page pack for the letter Y: 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
43 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 Y, step by step.
- 0:03 Meet the letter Y. Trace the big letter, then color it in. Y makes the sound you hear at the start of yarn.
- 0:10 Trace the capital Y. Start at the top line.
- 0:15 Now trace the lowercase y.
- 0:19 Say each picture, and circle the ones that start with the Y sound. Yo-yo starts with Y, so circle it.
- 0:27 Write the first letter. Yarn starts with y.
- 0:31 Find the letter. Color every capital Y, and every lowercase y.
- 0:36 Great job! Now print the free worksheet, and finish the rest on your own.
Y is for …
- yarn
- yo-yo
- yawn
The sound
The soundY y makes /y/, as in yarn.
How to write it
Capital Y: Slant down to the middle, slant down from the other side to meet it, then pull down.
Lowercase y: Slant down from the middle line, then make a long slant the other way that goes below the line.
What the worksheets look like
Common questions
What sound does the letter Y make?
Y y makes /y/, as in yarn.
What words start with Y?
Easy picture words for young children: yarn, yo-yo, yawn. Say each one slowly and stretch the first sound.
How do you write a capital Y?
Slant down to the middle, slant down from the other side to meet it, then pull down.
How do you write a lowercase y?
Slant down from the middle line, then make a long slant the other way that goes below the line.
