Connect the Dots: Gift with a Bow for Ages 4–5
Up the box, over the bow and down again: nine dots and a pale dashed guide show four- and five-year-olds how to draw a wrapped present.
1 A4 page · for home and classroom use
Connect the dots: present
How to use this worksheet
- Start at the large dot 1 at the bottom left of the box and go straight up to 2.
- Dots 3 to 7 draw the bow: up to the left loop at 4, down to the knot at 5, up to the right loop at 6 and down again.
- Dot 8 is the top right corner of the box and 9 the bottom right.
- A final line from 9 to 1 closes the box.
What this worksheet teaches
The box gives long straight lines, up, across and down, while the bow is a small zigzag of four slanted strokes. Switching from long, steady lines to short, sharp ones in one picture is the same change of pace a child needs later when joining letters. The dashed guide supports children who are still learning to recognize the numerals 1 to 9.
Play idea
What is inside? On the back of the sheet, your child draws the present they would most like to find in the box. Then decorate the box itself with ribbon stripes, polka dots or tiny stars, and give it to a teddy for a pretend birthday.