Mateo Name Tracing Worksheet (Free Printable PDF)

How to write Mateo, letter by letter

Mateo has 5 letters and 10 strokes in all. On the worksheet each stroke starts at a green dot, and the first copy of the name numbers the strokes in this order:

1. M 4 strokes. 1. Start at the top line on the left and pull straight down to the bottom line. 2. Start at the top line on the left and slant down to the right to the bottom line. 3. Start on the bottom line and slant up to the right to the top line. 4. Start at the top line on the right and pull straight down to the bottom line.
2. a 2 strokes. 1. Start just under the middle line on the right, curve counterclockwise and stop just above the bottom line. 2. Start on the dashed middle line on the right and pull straight down to the bottom line.
3. t 2 strokes. 1. Start at the top line, curve counterclockwise and stop on the bottom line. 2. Start on the dashed middle line on the left and slide across to the right along the dashed middle line.
4. e 1 stroke. Start just under the middle line on the left and go all the way round counterclockwise.
5. o 1 stroke. Start on the dashed middle line and go all the way round counterclockwise.

Tips for practising Mateo

• Only the first letter, M, is a capital: it starts at the top line. The rest are lowercase.
• The tall letter t reaches up to the top line, like the capital.
• a and o start with the same round movement as c: begin near the top and go counterclockwise.
• For the very first tries, print the trace and fade page: the letters get lighter row by row until only the start dots are left.