Uppercase Y
Uppercase Y has two upper arms that meet above a single stem. Keep the gap between the arms open and follow the outline down to the bottom of the stem.
Compare the fork and straight stem of uppercase Y with the descending tail of lowercase y. Choose dotted guides for tracing or a solid outline for coloring.
Dotted or solid · US Letter or A4
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Uppercase Y has two upper arms that meet above a single stem. Keep the gap between the arms open and follow the outline down to the bottom of the stem.
Lowercase y has a descending tail that extends below the baseline. When tracing, follow that tail all the way to its tip.
Use the worksheet as a simple tracing and coloring activity, then repeat only when another pass remains comfortable and useful.
Look for the split between the upper arms of Y. Follow each arm to the point where the outline narrows into the stem.
Compare y with a nearby letter such as a in the word yak. The y tail reaches lower than the bottom of a.
Use the live preview before printing and make sure you can see the gap at the top of Y and the full tail of y.
Keep the activity short and concrete: one letter pair, one familiar word, or one creative use at a time.
Trace YAK, draw the animal beside it, and use a different color for the capital Y.
Print both forms together and point to the upper fork on Y and the part of y that hangs below the baseline.
Replace Yy with Yara or another short name and choose two dotted rows.
Choose Dotted outline when the visible path should guide the pencil. Choose Solid outline when the page will be colored, decorated, or cut out. Large text with one copy gives each form the most room; two or three copies are useful for repetition.
Select US Letter for 8.5 × 11 inch paper or A4 for 210 × 297 millimeter paper. Print in portrait orientation at 100 percent scale, or download the full white worksheet as a PNG for later use.
The worksheet is for comparing, tracing, and coloring decorative letter outlines. It leaves stroke order and baseline instruction to your usual handwriting materials.
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Uppercase Y has a fork above a central stem. Lowercase y has a tail that extends below the baseline.
Yes. Replace Yy with y and choose Large for more space to trace the tail.
Choose Solid outline, set the paper to US Letter or A4, and select Download worksheet PNG.