Young Writer: ABC Tracing

Young Writer: LEARN & TRACE

Help children learn to write—one letter, number, shape, and word at a time.

Young Writer turns handwriting practice into a guided learning experience for toddlers, preschoolers, kindergarteners, and early elementary learners. Children trace with step-by-step guidance while parents, teachers, and instructors can see how they are actually writing, adjust practice settings, and tailor lessons to each child.

NEW IN YOUNG WRITER 2.0

SEE THE WRITING

Know more than just whether a lesson earned a star.

• Replay completed traces in Checking for Understanding
• Review how a child formed a letter, number, shape, or word
• Export progress and trace information as a PDF when you need to share or keep a record
• Use the child's actual writing to identify areas that need more practice

SET THE STANDARD

Choose how challenging practice should be for your child or students.

• Adjust difficulty and pass criteria
• Choose dotted, dashed, or solid tracing guides
• Control step hints, sounds, celebrations, and auto-advance
• Configure recording and practice behavior
• Set defaults for everyone or make an individual exception when needed

MAKE IT YOUR OWN

Every child learns differently.

• Create custom letters, numbers, names and phrases for a child to trace
• Draw your own version and compare it with the app's default
• Save multiple custom versions and switch between them
• Restore the original letters whenever you want

A quick parental gate keeps adult tools away from little hands.

FREE TO START

Start learning immediately with free Capital ABC and Animal tracing modules.

Children can:

• Trace uppercase letters A–Z
• Trace animals
• Create their own profile
• Earn stars for completed lessons
• Learn proper stroke order through guided tracing
• Practice with a finger or Apple Pencil on iPad

UNLOCK THE COMPLETE LEARNING EXPERIENCE

Premium unlocks all current premium modules and future educational content as it is released.

• Lowercase Letters — a–z
• Numbers — 0–20
• Shapes
• Names
• Phrases
• Future learning modules

DESIGNED FOR YOUNG LEARNERS

• Step-by-step tracing guidance
• Animated stroke demonstrations
• Real-time tracing feedback
• Encouraging rewards and achievements
• Multiple child profiles
• Left- and right-handed writing support
• Apple Pencil support
• Kid-friendly interface
• No advertisements

BUILT FOR PARENTS, TEACHERS & INSTRUCTORS

Young Writer works on the same device whether one parent is practicing with a child at home or an instructor is working with multiple learners.

Adults can manage profiles, configure practice, review completed traces, and preserve learning records—while children stay focused on the activity itself.

GROWS WITH YOUR CHILD

Start with capital letters and animal tracing, then progress to lowercase letters, numbers, shapes, words, and phrases. New handwriting lessons and learning modules are added regularly.

PREMIUM OPTIONS

Choose the plan that works for your family:

• Monthly