Preschool uppercase and lowercase letters worksheets
Uppercase and lowercase letters worksheets for preschool: eight letters to a sheet in big school print, each with an empty box beside it. On one sheet your child sees a capital and writes its small letter, and on the other it goes the other way. It ties the two shapes of each letter together before reading starts.
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The kind of letter pairs you'll write
Look at each capital letter. Write its small letter in the box.
D dF fI iJ jL lM mN nY y
Each row prints a capital letter and a box. Your child writes the small letter that goes with it. The letters run in alphabet order, and the key gives each pair.
Every print pulls a new set of letters at this level, so a make-up test or a second sibling gets a different mix.
What's on a preschool sheet
- Capital to small. Look at each capital letter. Write its small letter in the box. 8 letters per page.
- Small to capital. Look at each small letter. Write its capital letter in the box. 8 letters per page.
Every version prints on US Letter or A4, with its answer key on the last page.
How to teach this
The capital to small sheet is the easier one to start with. Point to the first letter, say its name, and ask what its partner looks like. Some pairs are one shape in two sizes, like C and c or O and o. Most change shape, like A and a or G and g, and those are the ones to talk through. If your child is unsure, write the partner on scrap paper and let them copy it into the box. The letters run in alphabet order, so your child can sing along to find each one.
Watch for: Writing a small letter as big as its capital. On the writing guide, small letters like a, c and e fit under the dashed middle line. Only the tall ones, like b, d and h, reach the top. Mixing up b and d, or p and q. They are the same shapes facing opposite ways. Go by the order of the strokes: b is the line first, then the ball, and d is the ball first, then the line. Copying the letter shown instead of writing its partner. For C, O and S the partner is the same shape, so the only difference is its size on the guide.
Common questions about preschool uppercase and lowercase letters
- Is my preschooler ready for small letters?
- If they know most capital letters by name, yes. The capital to small sheet starts from what they know. If capitals are still new, spend time on letter tracing first and come back to this one.
- Why are the letters in alphabet order?
- So your child can sing the alphabet to find each one, and so the sheet stays about the two shapes of a letter, not about which letter comes next. Each print picks a different eight.
- How can my child tell capital I from small l?
- In the print on this sheet, capital I has a short bar at the top and at the bottom, and small l is a plain line. Point to the bars. Many children write capital I as a plain line too, so it helps to show it both ways.
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Reviewed by the One more sheet team. Content version 241, updated October 2026.
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