Connect the Dots: Hard Cat for 1st Grade
First graders join twelve unguided dots to draw a cat's head with two sharp ears and full cheeks, then check their lines against a red answer key.
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Connect the dots: kitten
How to use this worksheet
- Start at the large dot 1 on the left of the head, just below the ear.
- Dot 2 is the tip of the left ear and 5 the tip of the right; 3 and 4 form the flat top of the head between them.
- Dots 6 to 12 run down the right cheek, along the chin and up the left side.
- Close with 12 to 1, then compare with the answer key.
What this worksheet teaches
The ears are the precise part: each is a sharp point reached by a steep line up and a steep line down, so the child must stop exactly on the dot to keep the tips pointed. The rest of the head is a rounded shape made from short straight strokes, practice in building curves out of lines. Twelve numbers read in order and checked against a key suit first graders who are working on accuracy and independence rather than on counting itself.
Play idea
Turn the head into a whole character: add eyes, a nose, whiskers and a collar with a tag, then draw the body, legs and tail freehand underneath. Ask your child to invent the cat's name and write it, or one sentence about what the cat likes to do.