About Indiana
Indiana is nicknamed "The Hoosier State," though nobody fully agrees on where the nickname "Hoosier" came from. Indianapolis, its capital, hosts the Indianapolis 500, one of the most famous car races in the world, held every year over Memorial Day weekend at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
This state's featured city
Indianapolis is the city featured for Indiana on this site. Trace the worksheet below, or use the interactive tool to make one for any other Indiana city or town.
Using an "I Live in Indianapolis" worksheet
Print the worksheet at full size and have the child say "I live in Indianapolis" 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
Indianapolis 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 Indiana's city with a child's own name
Practicing Indianapolis 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.