Pre-writing
Triangles Worksheet
Printable triangles tracing practice. Combining slants with a straight base. Trace the dashed guide, then try the empty row underneath. Adjust the size to suit the hand using it, then print or save a PDF.
Four steps
How to practise triangles
- 1
Say the cue
Up the hill, down the hill, straight along the bottom.
- 2
Trace the guide
Start on the dot, follow the dashed line without lifting the pencil.
- 3
Try the empty row
The row underneath has no guide, so the movement is repeated unaided.
- 4
Shrink it over time
Reduce the row height as control improves.
What triangles trains
Combining slants with a straight base.
Say this while they trace: “Up the hill, down the hill, straight along the bottom.”
Why it matters later
A, V, W and shape recognition.
That connection is the reason to practise the movement on its own. When one of those letters later refuses to come out right, the problem is usually this movement rather than the letter, and a page of triangles fixes it faster than another page of the letter.
Where it sits in the order
This is pattern 11 of 11 in the teaching order used across these sheets. If it proves difficult, step back to squares.
Related printables
See all pre-writing patterns, or move on to alphabet tracing and number tracing when the movements are secure.
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