Letter D Dot Painting: Pictures and Letter Forms
Explore D and d with dinosaur, doughnut, dolphin and dog dot-painting pages, additional letter activities and open dot grids.

- Year groups
- Nursery–Reception (Early Years), Year 1 (Key Stage 1)
- Pages
- 11
- File type
- Subject
- Art, Phonics, Creative Arts, Language Development, English
- Resource types
- Crafts
- England expectations
- Official curriculum expectation · Word reading
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About this resource
Letter D Dot Painting is a 10-page dot painting activity that helps Nursery (Early Years) and Year 1 students learn letter recognition, letter sounds, creativity, and fine motor skills. Students will dot paint pictures of words that start with the letter D like a dog, dinosaur, dolphin, and doughnut. The packet also includes uppercase letter D, lowercase letter d, and a combined letter case page to dot paint. Additionally, two blank dot painting templates are provided for students to design their own D artwork. This printable PDF can be used as a literacy centre, quiet time activity, morning work, or sub plans. With simple preparation, these engaging dot painting worksheets will bring fun letter learning into your early childhood classroom or homeschool.
In the classroom
Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
- Connect D/d with the initial sound in the supplied picture words.
- Make uppercase D and lowercase d on the open dot grids.
Teaching tips
- Supply dot markers or cotton buds and paint. Use the open dot grids after the pictured letter pages.
Skills covered
- Letter-sound matching — name the D-word pictures and connect their first sound with the letter.
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National Curriculum in England
National Curriculum in England expectations
England expectations
- Official curriculum expectation · Word reading — respond speedily with the correct sound to graphemes (letters or groups of letters) for all 40+ phonemes, including, where applicable, alternative sounds for graphemes
Core concepts
- Letter D
- Initial sounds
- Uppercase and lowercase forms
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