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You can find the Dinosaur theme tracing sheets here : Confessions of a Homeschooler ( please read her terms with printing her free printables , it is for personal use only and it can not be use for monetary purposes).

Why practice your child's tracing skills? 
To teach our young ones to write ,  pre writing skills are necessary. It helps develop their fine motor skill,  the correct way to hold a pencil and how to use a good, firm grip.  Tracing enhances development of hand/eye coordination. 



We used our  LeapFrog Fridge Phonics Magnetic Alphabet Set , so she could hear and practice the phonetic sound of the letter D again. Kids loves buttons right? Any buttons that produces sound and music is fun for them.




To practice her fine motor skills, we did a cut and paste activity. I wrote both upper and lower case D on a clean sheet of paper. Then , I cut small strips of old magazines for her to cut into small squares . She then paste all the small square pieces of paper on to the paper forming a collage of letter D. Make sure to use a Child-Safe Scissor Set.




To print these magnet page for D is for duck : Making Learning Fun

We've been using these glass beads from the dollar store, We also count while we put the glass bead on each slot. If your child would enjoy magnet pieces instead , use   Officeship 100 Pieces Power Magnets, 3/4 inch Diameter, Assorted Colors and a cookie sheet ( from a dollar store would work perfect).








COLOR BY ACTIVITY , or just giving little kids pages to color is a fun way to also practice their fine motor skills. It allows them to be creative and I think it greatly helps with enhancing their focus or attention span with a given task.