Preschool Draw and Label a Picture worksheets

About this worksheet

A label is the shortest piece of writing there is, and it is the one a preschooler can genuinely finish. The drawing carries the meaning; the word only has to name it. That division of labor is what makes labeling worth doing at three and four: the child gets the experience of print doing a job without having to produce a sentence to get there. Common wobbles are worth expecting. Labels drift to the far corner of the page, where a reader cannot tell what they name.

Letters arrive in the right set but the wrong order. Each of those is a step, not a failure. On this page each sheet works with one simple object, such as a sun or a hat. The child matches first letters to pictures, draws the object, then traces or writes its three-letter word on a ruled line under the drawing. Accept inventive drawing, and look for one recognizable part with the word placed close enough to point at it.

What your child will learn

• Draw a familiar object with at least one part someone else can name
• Trace or write a short label on a ruled writing line
• Match the first letter of a word to a picture that starts with it
• Place a written label close to the thing it names

Head Start ELOF standard: P-LIT 6, W.K.2