I Like Sentences: Tracing and Reading Worksheet for Preschoolers
Tracing and reading simple 'I like' sentences gives children practice connecting handwriting motion with reading comprehension at the same time, since they trace the very words they're learning to recognize and say. For ages three to five, using a repeated sentence frame like 'I like ___' also builds confidence, since only the ending word changes from sentence to sentence.
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How to use this worksheet
Have your child trace each sentence on the page with a pencil, following the dotted or outlined letters carefully from left to right. After tracing a sentence, ask them to read it aloud, running their finger under the words as they say them. Have your child look at the picture next to each sentence and color it in if it matches what the sentence describes. Continue through each sentence on the page, reading and coloring as they go, and finish by having them read the entire page aloud from start to finish.
Materials needed
- Pencil
- Crayons
Extension activities
- 1Draw your own pictures to match new 'I like' sentences about your child's favorite things.
- 2Write new 'I like' sentences together about foods, animals, or activities your child enjoys.
- 3Practice writing the word 'like' independently on a blank sheet after tracing it several times.
- 4Take turns saying 'I like ___' sentences out loud as a game during a car ride or mealtime.
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Hemsweta Jain · Teacher Cheena
MBA and Early Childhood Educator, teaching since 2014 · Founder of RaisoActive, Mumbai
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