Letter M Tracing Worksheet

Learning to write the letter M gives young children practice with tall straight lines and smooth humps. The capital M is made of four straight strokes: down, down on a slant, up on a slant, and down again. The lowercase m starts with one short line down and then rolls over two humps, like two little hills. This letter m tracing worksheet gives children both forms on one page, seated on three-line handwriting guides that show exactly where each stroke starts and stops. Because m is one of the first sounds many children say, it is a great letter for linking sounds to handwriting.

This letter m handwriting worksheet is organised into three short parts that take about ten minutes together. In Part A, children trace eight dotted capital M’s and write one more beside each on the guides. In Part B, they do the same with the lowercase m. In Part C, three picture cards show a muffin, a mitten, and a mug, and children trace the matching word under each picture. All three words start with the /m/ sound, so children connect the shape they are writing to the sound they hear. Print one copy per child, and encourage them to say each letter and word aloud as they trace it.

What’s Included

• 1 print-ready PDF worksheet
• Answer key
• 16 capital and lowercase letter-formation guides plus 3 picture-and-word tracing cards

Three Reasons This Helps Kids

• The three-line guides do the teaching a blank line cannot: the dashed midline shows how tall the humps of the lowercase m should be, and the solid baseline shows where every stroke must land
• Tracing before writing lets a child succeed on the very first try and then repeat the strokes from memory, which is how letter formation becomes automatic
• The picture words on this letter m tracing worksheet tie the letter to real vocabulary, building beginning-sound awareness at the same time as neat handwriting

Teacher and Parent Ideas

• Trace a giant M in a tray of sand or shaving cream, saying “down, slant, slant, down” for each stroke
• Hum “mmm” together and let children feel their lips press closed when they make the /m/ sound
• Go on an m hunt around the room or kitchen for things like a mat, a map, milk, or a mitten
• Add the finished page to an alphabet book so children can look back at their best M’s

Related Resources

• Letter M Handwriting Practice Worksheet
• Alphabet Stories Letter M Reading Comprehension Worksheet
• Letter M My Mom Reading Comprehension Digital Worksheet
• Letter M Song (Animated Music Video)