About California
California is the most populous US state and home to Los Angeles, the country's second-largest city, known worldwide for the movie and TV industry centered in Hollywood. The state stretches from redwood forests in the north to desert in the south, and includes both the highest point in the contiguous US (Mount Whitney) and one of the lowest (Death Valley).
This state's featured city
Los Angeles is the city featured for California on this site. Trace the worksheet below, or use the interactive tool to make one for any other California city or town.
Using an "I Live in Los Angeles" worksheet
Print the worksheet at full size and have the child say "I live in Los Angeles" aloud before and after tracing it — pairing the spoken phrase with the written word helps the city name feel like a real, personally meaningful fact rather than an arbitrary word to copy.
Other states on this site
Los Angeles is one of fifty featured cities covered here, one per state — see the full city tracing overview to browse every state's featured city, or jump directly to a neighboring state.
Pairing California's city with a child's own name
Practicing Los Angeles alongside a child's own name tracing worksheet builds a small set of personal facts a child can write confidently — their name, and where they live — well before they're writing full sentences.