Name Tracing Worksheets - Planning Playtime - Free Printable

To solve this problem, we need to find all the letters in the name Ellie inside the letter box and color them.

Step 1: Identify the letters in the name.
The name is Ellie.
The letters we are looking for are:
- E (or lowercase e)
- L (or lowercase l)
- I (or lowercase i)

Note: The name has two 'L's and two 'E's (one capital E at the start, one lowercase e at the end). So we need to find: E, l, l, i, e.

Step 2: Scan the letter box row by row to find these letters.

Let’s look at each row of letters in the box:

Row 1: `e n a s u`
- Found: e → This matches the last letter of "Ellie". Color it.

Row 2: `a q h t d`
- No matching letters.

Row 3: `l e p i d`
- Found: l → This is the first 'l' in "Ellie". Color it.
- Found: e → This is another 'e'. We already found one 'e', but since the name has two 'e's (capital E and lowercase e), and we’re treating case-insensitively here (as shown by the pink coloring in the image), we can color this too if needed. But let’s be precise: The name is “Ellie” → letters: E, l, l, i, e.
Actually, looking at the example in the image, they colored:
- Row 1: e (pink)
- Row 3: l, e, i (all pink)
Wait — that’s 4 letters so far: e, l, e, i. But we need two L’s!

Let’s continue scanning.

Row 4: `S f w v`
- No matches (S is uppercase, not E, L, or I).

Row 5: `J k m`
- No matches.

Row 6: `. r C g y x`
- No matches (C is uppercase, not what we want).

Row 7: `j Z n b o`
- No matches.

Wait — we only found one l so far (in row 3). But the name “Ellie” has two L’s.

Let’s double-check the grid carefully.

Looking again at the original image (even though we don’t describe it, we use its content):

In the provided solution shown in the image, the colored letters are:
- Top row: e
- Third row: l, e, i
That’s four letters: e, l, e, i — missing one l.

But wait — perhaps the second l is hidden? Let me re-scan.

Actually, looking more closely at the grid layout from the image:

The grid is:

Row 1: e n a s u
Row 2: a q h t d
Row 3: l e p i d
Row 4: S f w v
Row 5: J k m
Row 6: . r C g y x
Row 7: j Z n b o

We have:
- e (row 1) ✔
- l (row 3) ✔
- e (row 3) ✔
- i (row 3) ✔

Still missing the second l.

Is there another l? Let’s check every letter again.

Row 4: S, f, w, v → no
Row 5: J, k, m → no
Row 6: ., r, C, g, y, x → no
Row 7: j, Z, n, b, o → no

Hmm… maybe the activity considers uppercase and lowercase as same? But even then, we don’t see another ‘L’ or ‘l’.

Wait — perhaps I miscounted the name.

Name: Ellie

Breakdown:
- Position 1: E
- Position 2: l
- Position 3: l
- Position 4: i
- Position 5: e

So we need: E, l, l, i, e → total 5 letters.

In the grid, we found:
- e (lowercase) → counts for either E or e
- l (lowercase) → one l
- e (lowercase) → second e
- i (lowercase) → i

Still missing one l.

But in the image, only 4 letters are colored: e, l, e, i — which suggests maybe the activity accepts finding *any* occurrence of the letters in the name, regardless of count? Or perhaps there’s a typo?

Wait — let’s look again at row 3: `l e p i d`

That’s l, e, p, i, d → so l, e, i are present.

And row 1: e

So letters found: e, l, e, i → that’s 4 letters.

But the name has 5 letters. However, notice that the name “Ellie” has duplicate letters: two E’s and two L’s.

Perhaps the instruction is: “If the letter appears in your name, colour it in.” — meaning, if the letter exists in the name at all, color every instance of that letter in the grid? That would make sense.

Let’s read the instruction on the worksheet:

> Look at the letters below. If the letter appears in your name colour it in!

Ah! It says: if the letter appears in your name — not “for each occurrence”, but “if the letter is part of your name”.

So for the name Ellie, the unique letters are: E, L, I

Therefore, we should color every occurrence of e, l, i (case-insensitive) in the entire grid.

Let’s do that.

Go through each cell:

Row 1:
- e → yes (color)
- n → no
- a → no
- s → no
- u → no

Row 2:
- a → no
- q → no
- h → no
- t → no
- d → no

Row 3:
- l → yes (color)
- e → yes (color)
- p → no
- i → yes (color)
- d → no

Row 4:
- S → no (unless we consider case-insensitive; but S ≠ E,L,I)
- f → no
- w → no
- v → no

Row 5:
- J → no
- k → no
- m → no

Row 6:
- . → no
- r → no
- C → no
- g → no
- y → no
- x → no

Row 7:
- j → no
- Z → no
- n → no
- b → no
- o → no

So the letters to color are:
- Row 1: e
- Row 3: l, e, i

That’s exactly what is shown colored in pink in the image.

Even though the name has two L’s and two E’s, the instruction is to color any letter that *appears* in the name — not to match the exact count.

So final answer: Color all instances of e, l, and i in the grid.

Final Answer:
Color the following letters in the grid:
- The 'e' in the first row
- The 'l', 'e', and 'i' in the third row