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Letter Trace App

By thisreadingmama 16 Comments

Do you have learners who need a little practice with letter formation? I know my 1st grader does! Check out our new Letter Trace App!

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Practice Letter Formation with Letter Trace App

If you teach beginning or struggling writers, you’ll love our new Letter Trace Practice App. It’s a NO PREP, NO PRINT way to help learners practice their letter formation.

Letter Trace App - practice strokes section

Maybe your learners just need some practice with their letter strokes. The first section lets learners practice with vertical lines, horizontal lines, curves, circles, and diagonal lines. Learners use the stroke lines to finish the pictures or they can just practice strokes by tapping on any of the images at the very bottom of the screen.

 

Letter Trace - letters are grouped by letter formation strokes

Often learners can’t remember how to form their uppercase or lowercase letters. This is usually because they can’t recall where to start the first stroke. The uppercase and lowercase sections of our app can help learners in two ways.

1. The letters are grouped together by the kind of first stroke they share so that it’s easier for learners to remember their formation. {As learners work through the letters, more letters are unlocked.}

For example, the letters formed by making a c are grouped together, the letters formed with a straight line down are grouped together, and the letters formed by making a diagonal line are grouped together.

The same is true for the uppercase letters. Letters that are formed alike are grouped together. As learners work through the letters, more letters are unlocked.

Letter Trace App - directions are given for each letter formation

2. Users get to see and hear how to form each letter before they practice it three times themselves. The app also gives them hints for formation that reminds them how the letters can share a similar starting point. For example, letter a says, “Start like the letter c.”

 

Letter Reversals Section

One of the most common letter formation problems for our beginning and struggling writers is those pesky letter reversals!

The fourth section of our Letter Trace Practice App hones in on letter reversals for b, d, p, and q.

 

For each letter in this section, learners get to BUILD the letter, TRACE the letter,

 

Letter Trace App - compare and recognize letter reversals activities

COMPARE the letter with others that are easily confused {b/d and p/q}, and RECOGNIZE the letters through the mazes. FUN!

 

The app is simple and easy for learners to navigate on their own. NO WIFI is needed to work on the app once it’s downloaded, so it’s great for on-the-go learning!

 

Can’t get the sound to work? Try these tips!

 

You might also like our Trace It, Try it App.

 

Enjoy teaching!
~Becky

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Comments

  1. Jan says

    March 21, 2019 at 9:24 am

    Becky,
    Does your app cover letter formation for left-handed learners?

    Reply
    • thisreadingmama says

      March 21, 2019 at 9:33 am

      It does not, but that’s a great idea for when we decide to update it. Thank you!

      Reply
  2. Cynthia Vanderhoek says

    March 21, 2019 at 10:42 am

    This is a wonderful resource. Is your app available for Android as well?

    Reply
    • thisreadingmama says

      March 21, 2019 at 1:48 pm

      It’s coming for Android in a few days!

      Reply
  3. Jessica says

    March 21, 2019 at 11:13 am

    Hello! This app looks awesome! Is this available for android? Thank you!

    Reply
    • thisreadingmama says

      March 21, 2019 at 1:48 pm

      It’s coming for Android in a few days!

      Reply
      • Shari says

        March 22, 2019 at 6:35 pm

        THIS IS GREAT NEWS!!! Thank you for your hard work!

        Reply
  4. Erica says

    March 21, 2019 at 12:21 pm

    Any chance this could be made to be used on a Kindle? We don’t have Apple devices. Thanks!

    Reply
    • thisreadingmama says

      March 21, 2019 at 1:48 pm

      Not sure about Kindle so far. Unfortunately, Amazon hasn’t been the most user-friendly or helpful to get them on there. 🙁 We may try again eventually.

      Reply
  5. Jen Johnson says

    March 22, 2019 at 4:46 pm

    I love this, but is there a Google Play version? Most of my parents don’t have iPhones or iPads. Thanks!

    Reply
    • thisreadingmama says

      March 22, 2019 at 4:47 pm

      Yes, it’s coming! 🙂

      Reply
  6. Jessica says

    June 4, 2019 at 3:14 pm

    Hey Becky,
    I read through other comments about getting this ready for android. I can’t seem to find it on google play. Help! I would love for my kids to have this pratice.

    Thanks.

    Reply
    • thisreadingmama says

      June 5, 2019 at 2:59 pm

      We are really struggling with Google Play right now. I wish I could give you a better answer than that. 🙁

      Reply
  7. Sara says

    June 1, 2020 at 4:07 pm

    Love it! All the apps will be in my rotation!

    Reply
  8. Nettie says

    October 4, 2020 at 9:56 pm

    Hello, this app looks like it would be a perfect fit for one of my students who has special needs. Is there anyway this can be downloaded onto a chrome book or google account?

    Reply
    • thisreadingmama says

      October 16, 2020 at 7:43 am

      I don’t believe it can. I’m sorry!

      Reply

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Hi! I’m Becky, a homeschooling mama with 4 blessings who keep me on my toes {and knees}. Before homeschooling, I was a classroom teacher (M.Ed.) and reading tutor. Read more about me here.

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