Capital and Small Letter Matching Worksheet for Preschoolers

How to use this worksheet

Point to the first capital letter on the left and ask your child to say its name aloud. Have them scan the lowercase letters on the right to find its match, then draw a connecting line between the two. Repeat this process for each capital letter down the column, working steadily rather than skipping around. Finally, have your child look at the word list and circle only the words that begin with a capital letter, discussing why each one might be capitalized.

Materials needed

• Pencil
• Eraser
• Crayons

Extension activities

• •Play a matching card game pairing uppercase and lowercase letters face down, like Memory.
• •Write your child's name and point out which letters are capital and which are lowercase.
• •Search a book together for examples of capital letters starting sentences or names.
• •Sort a pile of magnetic letters into two groups: uppercase and lowercase.
• •Practice writing a few uppercase and lowercase letter pairs side by side.

Tips for parents and teachers

Some letter pairs look very different between cases (like Aa or Gg) while others look nearly identical (like Cc or Oo), so expect more hesitation on the visually distinct pairs. If your child mixes up similar-looking lowercase letters, like b and d, that's a common and normal developmental stage rather than a cause for concern. Discussing why capital letters are used, like for the first letter of a name or a sentence, connects this matching task to real reading and writing rules.