Connect the Dots: Heart
26 dots, A to Z
Start at the circled A and join the dots in ABC order to Z, then join Z back to A to finish the picture.
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Alphabet connect the dots
Four alphabet dot to dot sheets, each with 26 dots lettered A to Z or a to z and its answer key on the second page.
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Each is a two-page PDF on US Letter: the dots, then the finished picture as the answer key.
Heart connect the dots, A to Z26 dots · A to Z · answer keyDownload PDF ↓
Star connect the dots, large print A to Z26 dots · A to Z · large print · answer keyDownload PDF ↓
Egg connect the dots, a to z26 dots · a to z · answer keyDownload PDF ↓
Ghost connect the dots, a to z26 dots · a to z · answer keyDownload PDF ↓Every sheet here is free to print as often as you like. If one saved you time, the tip jar is on Ko-fi.
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Connect the Dots: Heart, Answer Key
26 dots, A to Z
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An alphabet connect the dots labels its dots with letters instead of numbers, so the picture comes out of saying the alphabet in order. Each of these four sheets has 26 dots, from A to Z or from a to z, and the child starts at the circled first letter, joins the dots in ABC order and then joins the last letter back to the first to close the picture.
The heart and the star use capital letters; the star is in large print, with bold 15 point letters, for a child who knows the capitals by sight. The egg and the ghost use lowercase letters, where b and d, and p and q, are the same shape turned around, so a child who mixes them up joins the wrong dot and leaves the ones skipped unjoined, which shows where the mix-up was. The ghost’s eyes and mouth and the egg’s zigzag band are printed; the letters draw the outlines.
The answer key on each sheet’s second page shows the finished picture with the letters in gray. In the maker above, which opens on the capital letter heart, every picture but the turkey can be lettered at 26 dots, and the simpler ones with fewer: ten dots run from A to J, fifteen to O and twenty to T. The turkey needs more dots than the alphabet has, so it is numbered only.
Capital letters or lowercase for an alphabet dot to dot
Capitals are the gentler start. Among the lowercase letters, b, d, p and q are one shape turned or flipped, and a child who mixes them up joins the wrong dot, while the capitals have no set of four like that. The heart and the large print star are the capital letter sheets, and the star’s letters are bold and 15 points tall.
The egg and the ghost use lowercase letters, for a child who already knows the capitals. Their letters are set at 9 points, the standard size on these sheets, and the instruction line uses lowercase too, so the sheet asks for a and z rather than A and Z throughout.
How the 26 letters fit each picture
Twenty-six is a fixed count, so the letters fit each picture in their own way. The star spends ten of its letters on its five points and five inner corners and spreads the other sixteen along its edges. The heart puts A in its cleft and N at its point, with twelve letters down each side, so the two lobes match.
The ghost at 26 letters keeps its two raised arms and the points of its wavy hem, and the egg’s printed zigzag band starts and ends on two of its letters. A picture that needs more dots than the alphabet has, which here is only the turkey, is not offered with letters at all.
Common questions
Can an alphabet dot to dot use fewer letters than A to Z?
Yes. In the maker, choose capital or lowercase letters and set 10, 15 or 20 dots, which run from A to J, A to O or A to T, on any picture that can be drawn in that many. The ready-made sheets on this page all use the whole alphabet.
Which pictures can be lettered from A to Z?
All but the turkey, which needs at least 40 dots. The snowman needs 25, so it is lettered only as the whole alphabet; the ghost and the shamrock can also run from A to T, the pumpkin, the mitten and the fall leaf from A to O, and the rest from A to J.
Is there a large print alphabet connect the dots?
Yes: the star on this page is large print, with bold 15 point capitals. In the maker, any picture that can be lettered can be set in large print too, with capitals or lowercase, which is every picture but the turkey.
Want to know when new printables go up?
New printables when they go up, mostly seasonal, a few times a year.