Number words tracing worksheets

The number words one to twenty, spelled out, one a page, to print and trace. Each page has the word large with numbered start dots and arrows on every letter, then rows of it in dots to trace on four-line guides, then lines to write it alone.

8.5" × 11", no sign-up. The words come in counting order, one to twenty. The pages have the words only, no digits and no pictures; to trace the digits themselves, there are number tracing worksheets 0 to 9 and number tracing worksheets with pictures.

Which letters the words practise

Between them, the twenty words use 16 of the 26 lowercase letters. The ten they leave out are a, b, c, d, j, k, m, p, q and z. To practise every letter, add apple, ball, cat, dog, jacket, key, moon, pig, quilt and zeppelin to the words in the book maker: each has a picture, and each brings in one of the missing letters.

Tall letters and tails

On the four-line guides, seven lowercase letters rise to the headline: b, d, f, h, k, l and t. Five drop below the baseline: g, j, p, q and y. The other fourteen sit between the baseline and the dashed midline, apart from the dot on an i. Four of these words stay between the baseline and the midline all the way: one, six, seven and nine. Sixteen of these words reach up to the headline: two (t), three (t and h), four (f), five (f), eight (h and t), ten (t), eleven (l), twelve (t and l), thirteen (t and h), fourteen (f and t), fifteen (f and t), sixteen (t), seventeen (t), eighteen (h and t), nineteen (t) and twenty (t). Three of these words drop below the baseline: eight (g), eighteen (g) and twenty (y). All three do both.

The words by length and strokes

A stroke is one movement of the pencil, from putting it down to lifting it, and each letter on the page shows its strokes with numbered start dots. An i or j takes two: the line, then the dot. These words run from 3 to 11 strokes, 144 in all. One is the shortest, three letters and three strokes; thirteen and fifteen take the most, 11 each.

Ordered by strokes instead, fewest first, the words go one, two, ten, four, six, seven, nine, three, five, eleven, eight, twelve, twenty, fourteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, thirteen and fifteen. Words with the same count keep their order above. The biggest change is thirteen: it has eight letters but takes 11 strokes, as t and i take two each, so it moves from thirteenth to nineteenth. To make the book in that order, open Trace Press with the words by strokes.

Your own words

To trace a child's name or a different list, type the words into the free tracing worksheet generator and print one page. For other word lists, there are color words and days of the week and months tracing worksheets; for words with pictures to colour, word tracing worksheets with pictures.

Selling a number words tracing book on KDP

Trace Press makes the whole book: A to Z, then these words a page each, with a matching full-wrap cover, in any of six KDP trim sizes. The button below opens it with one to twenty already typed in, for a 46-page book. Change the words, add numbers 0 to 9 or a “This book belongs to” page, and download. For the cover's size at that page count, see tracing book cover size.

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