Free Printable Summer Word Tracing Worksheet

This free printable summer word tracing worksheet is a great way to help students practice fine motor skills, letter formation, and vocabulary. It's a no-prep way to fight the summer slide and make sure your little learner is ready for back to school season.

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In addition to six summer vocabulary words to trace, this worksheet also has space for students to free write each word. I hope you enjoy using this worksheet with your little learner!

If you need more summer themed activities for your home or classroom, be sure to check out these additional free printables:

• Summer vocabulary board game
• Summer dot marker coloring pages
• Summer play dough mats
• Summer color by number 1-20

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This printable worksheet was designed with kindergarten students and first grade students in mind.

Younger or order children could benefit from word tracing worksheets, too, depending on their particular needs and the development of their fine motor muscles. 

This worksheet has general summer words that are not related to any particular summer holiday or event. If you'd like to see summer holiday word tracing worksheets, please leave a comment with your requests!

How to use word tracing worksheets with beginning writers

Tracing worksheets are no-prep or low prep, depending on how you decide to use them. 

They can be used in a variety of ways at home or at school. Here are a few ideas to get you started:

• Use them for independent work
• Use them in a literacy center
• Use them with a library activity
• Use them in occupational therapy
• Use them in homeschool lesson plans
• Have your child or students "rainbow write" each word by copying it multiple times in different colors

This sheet can be used just for tracing words, and you can also have your young learners practice writing words independently.

There is enough space on most of the lines to write the word a second, or even third, time. "Summer" is longer so there is a blank line underneath it for writing.

The words are not in alphabetical order. Having your child or students alphabetize the words is a way to extend the learning with this worksheet.

How To Prepare Early Learners For Word Tracing Worksheets

Make sure your child or student is ready for tracing words before using this type of activity. Introducing this activity too soon will cause frustration.

Your child does not need strong reading skills to use this interactive worksheet. They do need a familiarity with tracing and writing the alphabet confidently.

If your child is having trouble with alphabet tracing, provide pre-writing worksheets until their confidence and fine-motor skills develop. There are many prewriting and tracing worksheets available on the Artisan Life. 

Make sure to provide appropriate writing tools for beginning writers. We prefer to use Channie's preschool pencils. They help young kids develop proper pencil grip and help ensure your child's hand doesn't become tired too quickly.

Materials needed for word tracing worksheets

You don't need much to use these these words for developing handwriting skills and literacy skills.

• Your free printable worksheet (look for the row of purple arrows pointing at the download button)
• Paper & printer access
• Laminator or dry erase pockets, optional
• Writing implement (provide a fine tip dry erase marker or wet erase marker if laminating the page)

Summer word tracing worksheet PDF file download area

This worksheet is available in PDF format. It is licensed for personal use and single classroom use. This includes use with therapy clients, homeschool co-ops, and library activities.

You are not licensed to redistribute the files or print outs to other adults for use with their children/students. Selling the files and print outs is prohibited. 

I hope you enjoy using this worksheet with your early learners! Be sure to check out the additional free worksheets below for more educational activities for summer.