About Illinois
Illinois is home to Chicago, the third-largest city in the United States, famous for its skyline, deep-dish pizza, and sitting right on the shore of Lake Michigan, one of the five Great Lakes. Chicago's Willis Tower was the tallest building in the world for many years after it was completed in 1973.
This state's featured city
Chicago is the city featured for Illinois on this site. Trace the worksheet below, or use the interactive tool to make one for any other Illinois city or town.
Using an "I Live in Chicago" worksheet
Print the worksheet at full size and have the child say "I live in Chicago" 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
Chicago 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 Illinois's city with a child's own name
Practicing Chicago 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.