Connect the Dots: Christmas Ornament With a Guide Line for Ages 3–4

Round, festive and ready to hang: this Christmas bauble is ten numbered dots with a pale dashed guide, an easy holiday sheet for three- and four-year-olds.

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Connect the dots: Christmas bauble

How to use this worksheet

Start at the large dot 1, the top of the bauble where it hangs.
Follow the dashes down to 2 and around the right side through 3, 4 and 5.
Dot 6 is the bottom of the bauble; 7 to 10 go up the left side.
Join 10 to 1, then draw a loop of string above dot 1.

What this worksheet teaches

Going around a round shape is one of the first big movements young children master in drawing, and here it is broken into ten short, guided steps. The direction changes a little at every dot, so the crayon keeps turning the same way all around the bauble. The dashed guide means number order is learned by doing: say the number, find the dot, draw the line.

Play idea

Decorate the bauble with stripes, zigzags or dots in two colors. A grown-up can cut it out along the outline, punch a hole at the top and thread a ribbon through, so it can hang on the tree or in a window. Make a few and count them on the tree.

Questions and answers

Questions from parents

What is the small point at the top?

Dots 10, 1 and 2 form the little cap of the bauble. A ribbon or string drawn from dot 1 makes it look ready to hang.

Can a 3-year-old cut out the finished bauble?

With child-safe scissors and help, some can snip around it; otherwise a grown-up cuts and the child decorates.

My child presses so hard that the crayon breaks. Any tips?

Show a light touch on the dashed line first and use thick wax crayons; the pressure evens out with practice.