ACTIVITY 1 OF 5
Begin with umbrella
Follow the marked lowercase u movement, trace it, then leave room for your own tries.
FIVE WAYS TO TRY ONE LETTER
Lowercase u practice
Start with the umbrella movement, spot u among other letters, or find it in sun, mug and bus. The five-page pack includes a muddy duck scene; word copying is optional.
Print all five u activities
One activity per page, in the order below. Choose the paper size in your printer; the pack has no cover or blank pages.
Choose one activity
ACTIVITY 2 OF 5
Make a large movement
Follow a large lowercase u with a finger or broad mark before trying it on the page.
ACTIVITY 3 OF 5
Spot the letter
Find u among other letters, including n, then trace and write a few.
ACTIVITY 4 OF 5
Hear u in little words
Look for u in sun, mug and bus. Tracing or copying a whole word is optional.
ACTIVITY 5 OF 5
Finish in the mud
Colour the duck scene, practise u and choose whether to trace mud or duck.
Help with the shape and sound
Start at the marked point and travel down, around, up the right side, then back down. The open top helps distinguish lowercase u from n. Say umbrella together before listening for the short u in sun, mug and bus; looking at letters and listening to sounds are separate tasks.
The muddy duck has more to colour. Its final ck makes one /k/ sound, while u is heard inside the word. Trace a few letters or stop after finger movement if that suits the child today.
For a picture with both uppercase and lowercase forms, use the Aa–Zz Uu colouring and tracing sheet. The ck sock activity explores that two-letter ending separately. See printing help for paper sizes and page ranges.
Choose another available letter from the letter practice shelf. These are supplementary activities, not a lesson sequence.