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August 20, 2010 | 22 Comments

Glue Tracing

letter tracing with glue

This glue tracing activity saved my sanity and worked on my son’s pre-writing skills. My son loves glue and I fell in love with this post over at Play Activities – yesterday while trying to keep my sanity with a newborn who wouldn’t sleep and a 3 year old who only wanted to play soccer… in the living room, I busted it out.  Simple, fun and you can let it dry and use the sheets again. My son really loved it ( thank goodness), oh and it works their fine motor and hand eye coordination too!

  1. Gather your materials. You will need some paper ( heavy is better so the glue won’t seep through if they use a little too much), a marker and glue.Glue Tracing
  2. Start by writing letters , making shapes , numbers or even just designs.Glue Tracing
  3. Hand them the glue and have them trace.Glue TracingGlue Tracing
  4. If it’s too tricky grab some new paper and make the letters larger.
  5. Let dry and trace and feel them with your fingers!Glue Tracing

Filed Under: Age Preschool, Age: Kindergarten, Alphabet activities, Fine Motor Activities, Preschool Crafts, Writing Activities | 22 Comments

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22 Comments

  1. dana says

    August 20, 2010 at 4:23 am

    i like it! could do it with a glue stick and then sprinkle glitter or something on top! 🙂
    .-= dana´s last blog ..Mazes =-.

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  2. Nicole says

    August 20, 2010 at 7:27 am

    I love this idea!! My daughter loves glue too so I am thinking she would love this!!

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  3. Holly says

    August 20, 2010 at 7:54 am

    Fun idea! Letter tracing with finger really helps those early learners who are tactile. We have some glitter glue at home that my daughter really likes to use…might try this one soon!

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  4. Stacy says

    August 20, 2010 at 8:01 am

    I’m glad you were able to distract him from soccer! You could use the dried glue pages to do crayon rubbings 🙂
    .-= Stacy´s last blog ..Locks &amp Keys =-.

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  5. Jill says

    August 20, 2010 at 12:02 pm

    My 2 year old LOVES glue. This would actually be productive…

    Thanks for the idea.

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  6. helen rawlinson says

    August 21, 2010 at 1:50 am

    simple and fab, will try this as my son is not interested much in drawing or writing, but loves glue!

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  7. Nell says

    August 22, 2010 at 12:50 am

    What a great idea! I can’t get my son to trace yet but he LOVES glue and he needs the fine motor skills work. I’m trying this tomorrow!

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  8. Amy says

    October 27, 2010 at 8:57 pm

    As a Montessori preschool teacher, I LOVE this idea!!! I might use the child-sized bottles of glue though. Also, wanted to mention that most letters a child learns to read are written in LOWER case, as opposed to uppercase. Again, I LOVE this idea, especially using glitter glue!!! Thanks! 🙂

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    • admin says

      October 27, 2010 at 9:57 pm

      Yes, it could be adjusted to lowercase for children learning to read. We were just playing with the letters and working on tracing, not letter recognition , I should have made that note, thanks!

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  9. Claire says

    August 18, 2012 at 9:36 pm

    Why not add a little glitter on top after you’re done tracing.

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    • admin says

      August 19, 2012 at 12:03 am

      I like the way you think!

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  10. deepti says

    October 17, 2013 at 5:56 am

    Loved the idea!!!! Am going to do this with glitter glue in my pre-school class……thanx

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  11. Sally says

    April 9, 2014 at 6:05 pm

    Aa a teacher in early intervention can I suggest that you put a mark above each letter as a starting point. Some children form letters moving in the wrong direction or using the incorrect starting point and then it is very hard to undo that learnt pattern.

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