ACTIVITY 1 OF 5
o for octopus: one round movement
An octopus gives a rounded picture cue for lowercase o. Follow the start point around the model, trace once and use the open guides; the longer picture word is optional.
FIVE WAYS TO TRY ONE LETTER
Lowercase o practice
Listen inside dog, pot and fox for short o, keeping your family's pronunciation. The octopus main sheet and large round movement lead into finding o among a and c. Finish with a dog beside a cooking pot; an adult names the pictures, and word copying is optional.
Print all five o activities
One activity per page, in the order below. Choose the PDF for your A4 or US Letter paper. There is no cover or blank page.
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ACTIVITY 2 OF 5
Large lowercase o
Follow one round lowercase o beside an octopus. Travel from the marked start around to close the shape, then trace or make a few broad attempts with an adult.
ACTIVITY 3 OF 5
Find lowercase o
Look for six closed o shapes among a and c. Compare the open side of c and the right stem of a before tracing a round o on the guides.
ACTIVITY 4 OF 5
o in little words
Dog, a cooking pot and fox put o in the middle of each word. Listen for short o with an adult while keeping family pronunciation; whole-word copying is optional.
ACTIVITY 5 OF 5
Dog by a pot
A dog sits beside a cooking pot with a lid nearby. Colour the scene and practise a round lowercase o; an adult can name dog and pot, with optional word copying.
Close the curve and hear the middle sound
Begin near the upper right of o. Travel left and around the curve, then return to meet the start. There is no added right stem. Follow the marked movement with a finger before making a few round shapes on the guides.
Compare the closed o with the opening of c and the right stem of single-storey a. Find six o letters among the twelve choices. Naming the shapes with an adult is separate from listening for sounds in words.
Say dog, cooking pot and fox together, using your usual pronunciation rather than changing an accent to match a model. Point to the marked middle o in each label. Families may pronounce these vowels differently; the written target stays in the middle. Colour the pictures or the dog-and-pot scene without needing to read or copy the whole words.
For uppercase and lowercase together, try the Oo alphabet colouring and tracing sheet. These five activities focus on lowercase o, including dog, pot, fox. See printing and paper-size help when choosing a PDF.
Return to the letter practice shelf to choose another available activity. Follow the child’s interest and stop when they have had enough.