Are you looking for a Thanksgiving pre-writing activity? These Turkey Tracing Worksheets are a terrific way for your preschoolers to practice their writing strokes.
As they use these free printable preschool worksheets to practice their writing strokes, your kids can also work on their pencil grip and many other pre-writing skills.
Turkey Tracing Worksheets:
Before learning how to write, your pre-writers need to learn the basic strokes and lines that are used to make the letters.
Through simple activities like this one, your children practice making horizontal, vertical, diagonal, and curved lines.
As your kids practice writing the lines, they can also learn how to hold a pencil, develop their finger muscle strength, and much more.
Getting Ready To Use The Turkey Tracing Worksheets:
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What’s Included:
- 5 Turkey Tracing Worksheets
What Else Is Needed:
- White Card Stock or Copy Paper
- Crayons or Markers
- Dry Erase Markers (optional)
- Dry Erase Pockets (optional)
- Laminator and Laminating Pouches (optional)
- Play Dough (optional)
- Glitter Glue (optional)
- Paint Pens (optional)
To prepare this activity for your preschoolers, click on the button below and download the printables. Next, print the worksheets that you want to use.
If you want your kids to reuse the printables, you can laminate the worksheets or place each one in a dry erase pocket.
How To Use The Turkey Tracing Worksheets:
For this pre-writing activity, your preschoolers will select a printable and trace over the different lines on the turkey’s feathers using crayons or markers.
Your kids can use different colors on the feathers to create a colorful turkey. (If your kids have never seen a turkey, you can show them pictures of one and talk about the color of the feathers.)
In addition to using crayons or markers, your kids can also trace the lines using glitter glue or a paint pen. They can cover them using play dough too.
With these Turkey Tracing Worksheets, your pre-writers can develop their fine motor skills, practice writing strokes, and much more this Thanksgiving.
How Can I Extend This Learning Activity?
There are many other educational activities that you kids can do for the upcoming holiday. You can read books about turkeys like these:
Turkey Trouble by Wendy Silvano
How to Catch a Turkey by Adam Wallace
10 Fat Turkeys by Tony Johnston
You can also pair this resource with more Thanksgiving-themed activities like these:
Pumpkin Pie Letter Search Activity
Turkey Building Letters Activity
Pin It For Later:
Do you want to save these tracing worksheets for later? Pin this to your pre-writing activities board on Pinterest and it’ll be here for when you’re ready!
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