My First Alphabet Tracing Workbook: Practice Pen Control with ABCs and Animal Words (My First Preschool Skills Workbooks)

I absolutely love the BOLD Lettering and Tracing lines inside the Bold lettering! It is sold solid, colorful & eye catching. My grand daughter is 4 years old, and is starting to write the Alphabet and she loves it! Tracing the lines for pictures is absolutely her favorite thing. I believe that if your little one is just starting to learn/write the ABC's, this is absolutely perfect. If they already are writing the Alphabet, this is not for them!! This is a fun 1st time learning book!!! It keeps their eye on their project, unlike most books where everything is Black & White..

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This is a nice basic workbook for beginning pen control and learning upper and lower case letters of the alphabet. The first few pages are extremely basic with line tracing exercises that even my 2 year old easily mastered. The main body of the book is the alphabet, with one full 2 page spread for each letter. Your child can practice tracing both the uppercase and lower case letter, however there is no blank area or attempting to write the letter without tracing it. Each letter also has a corresponding animal at the top of the page that can be colored. In the back, there are a few pages devoted to 3 and 4 letter words, with areas to trace each word, and then an additional area to try and write the word on your own. Overall, it's a really basic workbook so don't expect any additional activities. I think it's great for teaching the repetition of writing the letters, but it was a little too basic for my almost 5 year old. I would definitely recommend it for 3-4 year olds to introduce them to all of the letters.

My 3 year old is just starting to want to learn to write. This workbook is perfect for him. It has lots of tracing exercises, both fun things, tracing squiggles and lines (to increase small motor skills accuracy), and letters. My son is able to do this workbook with minimal assistance, but he gets more out of it with an adult present to go over letter names and sounds and to show him how to best go about writing the letters the first time (there are no directional arrows, and beginning writers don't know where to start or how many lines to use when writing each letter.). If you have a beginning writer, this is a good workbook to build confidence and accuracy in their fine motor skills. Be prepared to help your child for maximum benefit. The paper is nice and thick and even marker doesn't bleed through the pages, though we prefer using a pencil for the tracing so that erasing can happen if needed. My son enjoys coloring the pages when he is done with the tracing.

This is a well organized and fun way for beginning writers to learn the correct letter formations. The beginning of the book has the child trace the upper case letters with their fingers as well as a variety of pre-writing mazes to help with pencil control. The next part is devoted to upper and lowercase formations. My preference has always been to teach the upper case letters first because it is less confusing and many lower case letters follow similar motor patterns. There are arrows provided in order to make sure you are using the correct sequence of letter strokes, as well as a cute animal picture to color. At the end of the book there are age appropriate words to trace and then write underneath. A simple tip…..for lowercase letters highlight the bottom of the dotted line in yellow (call it the beach) as it gives a visual cue for letter placement. I can see this book being a hit with the pre-school population.

Quick Comparison Vs. Nearly Identical Generic Book we purchased from Michael'sFirst off, I'm not going to pretend there's a gigantic difference. It's essentially the same. Inside of this book is colorful (michael's is not) , it's thoughtfully laid out into 3 sections (Prewriting/Tracing/Word Tracing) whereas the Michael's book only has Tracing section. The TRACING section which is the meat&potatoes here is better designed than the generic and easier for the kid, IMHO. And for whatever reason this book smells excellent, kudos to their scented printers.The prewriting section is useful especially if you're in our shoes (3y/o) just starting out, it has a few fun games to teach your kid the basics of tracing/learning letters. Good!Tracing section is good with both Capitals + Lowercase, and an animal equivalent to start you off. Like I said before it's a little easier to use than the generic equivalent from my observation.Words Tracing section is for the older kids who master this and need some encouragement moving onto more complicated subject. We're not quite here yet, but I presume it's a good taster to gauge your kids interest whether or not they're ready to move on.Now the important thing, pricing... Michael's generic book was $4 using a coupon, vs. this delivered to your door, guess it's pretty close. If it was a gift for a loved one, no brainer.