Tamil Ezhuthukkal: Free Uyir and Mei Tracing Book
34 pages
Print at 100% (actual size). A4 for India, the UK and Europe; US Letter for the US and Canada.
Free to download and print for personal, home and classroom use. Not for resale or redistribution.
These Tamil alphabet (ezhuthukkal) tracing worksheets put the first தமிழ் எழுத்துக்கள் in one free PDF: 31 activity pages, one letter per page. Your child traces a big dashed letter, looks at a picture with its Tamil word, then traces and writes the letter again.
What's inside: the 12 uyir ezhuthukkal அ ஆ இ ஈ உ ஊ எ ஏ ஐ ஒ ஓ ஔ, the aaytham ஃ, and the 18 mei ezhuthukkal க ங ச ஞ ட ண த ந ப ம ய ர ல வ ழ ள ற ன. Following the Tamil Nadu Class 1 convention, each consonant is traced in its base form (க), with the pulli form (க்) printed small as "மெய் எழுத்து". Picture words include ச சக்கரம், ஞ ஞாயிறு, ய யானை and வ வாத்து. Some letters appear inside a word: ட in பட்டம், ழ in மாம்பழம் and ன் in மீன். ஔ and ஃ have no picture: a Tamil line says ஔ comes in very few words, and names ஃ as the aaytham letter. Headers are in English. The book is about these 31 letters only: the 216 uyirmei letters (கா, கி…) and Grantha letters are not part of it. It ends with a certificate.
Age: the cover says Age 2–4.
How to print: choose the A4 PDF (or US Letter in the US and Canada), print at 100% scale ("actual size"), in colour or black and white.
Tips for parents:
- Say the letter and its word aloud together: "ய, யானை".
- One or two letters a day is plenty. Praise the trying, not neatness.
It sits with our other alphabet books. Learning Hindi as well? Hindi Varnamala: Swar and Hindi Varnamala: Vyanjan are Hindi books in Devanagari script with Hindi words, not Tamil. App guide: Little Messages. Get the Chunnu Ji app on Google Play.
Questions parents ask
How many letters are in this Tamil ezhuthukkal book?
31: the 12 uyir from அ to ஔ, the aaytham ஃ, and the 18 mei from க to ன, one per page.
Does it include uyirmei letters like கா and கி?
No. The book covers the 31 uyir, aaytham and mei letters; the 216 uyirmei letters are not in it.
Why are the consonants shown as க and not க்?
That is the Tamil Nadu Class 1 convention: the consonant is traced in its base form, and the pulli form (க்) is printed small on the same page as "மெய் எழுத்து".
Is this a Hindi book?
No. The letters and the picture words are Tamil. Our two Hindi Varnamala books are separate.
