Summer tracing worksheets: sun, sailboat, and ice cream

The complete pack has five pages. The first three each hold six copies of one picture: a sun with eight straight rays, a sailboat with two sails and a hull, and an ice cream cone with a scoop and a cherry. The fourth page is a set of wavy lines, which echo water and heat shimmer and give the hand a rolling, side-to-side movement. The fifth page prints four summer words with a dotted model and a blank copy line under each. All pictures are original drawings made for this site, so there is nothing to credit and no watermark.

Each picture exercises a different pencil skill. The sun is a circle plus eight short straight strokes, so it practices a closed curve and then lines that start at the circle and move outward. The sailboat is made almost entirely of straight edges and corners: two triangles for the sails, a mast, and a trapezoid hull. It is good practice for turning a corner without lifting the pencil. The ice cream cone combines a downward triangle with a round scoop and a very small circle, which asks for tighter control than the other two. Start with the sun, which is the easiest, and keep the cone for a learner who is already comfortable with the others.

The wavy path page is not a picture, so a child can focus on rhythm. Ask them to follow each wave slowly, keep the pencil on the paper, and finish at the end of the line. If a child cuts across the peaks, slow down and trace the same line with a finger first. The word page uses short, regular words: summer, sun, swim, and beach. Three of them start with the same sound, so they pair well with a short talk about the letter s, and the word sun links back to the picture they just traced. Want different words? Use the summer words maker, where the list is fully editable.

• Color after tracing. Crayons or markers work well on the outlines. Print on cardstock if the child will use markers.
• Sort the pictures by what they need: things for a hot day, things on water, and things you eat.
• Keep a summer folder. Add one page each week of vacation or a summer program, and compare the first sheet with the last.
• Use as a travel activity. A few pages on a clipboard are light, quiet, and need only a pencil.
• Extend with drawing. After tracing six suns, ask for a seventh from memory with a face or sunglasses.

The pack prints on US Letter or A4 in blue or ink-saving gray. Dotted paths use less ink than solid lines, but a full pack in color still adds up, so choose the gray option for a classroom set. Check the preview and print the pages you need; you do not have to use all five. For tracing practice, thicker paper holds up to erasing better than lightweight copier paper. The paths are drawn for a regular pencil, but a thick triangular pencil or a chunky crayon works well for the youngest children.

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• Season words tracing
• Fall picture tracing pack
• Winter picture tracing pack
• Wavy line tracing worksheet
• Picture tracing generator

No sign-up, watermarks over the practice area, or uploaded text. Choose Letter or A4 and print at actual size. PDFs are printable files; edit your worksheet settings before downloading.

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