About Massachusetts
Massachusetts was home to some of the very first English colonial settlements in America, including Plymouth, where the Pilgrims landed in 1620. Boston, its capital, is one of the oldest cities in the country and is home to Harvard University and MIT, two of the most well-known universities in the world.
This state's featured city
Boston is the city featured for Massachusetts on this site. Trace the worksheet below, or use the interactive tool to make one for any other Massachusetts city or town.
Using an "I Live in Boston" worksheet
Print the worksheet at full size and have the child say "I live in Boston" 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
Boston 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 Massachusetts's city with a child's own name
Practicing Boston 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.