Connect the Dots: Pom-Pom Hat for 5-Year-Olds
Brim, sloping sides and a round pom-pom on top: thirteen dots draw a knitted winter hat for five-year-olds working without a guide.
1 A4 page · for home and classroom use
Connect the dots: bobble hat
How to use this worksheet
- Start at the large dot 1, the bottom left of the brim, and go up to 2.
- Dots 3, 4 and 5 climb the left side of the hat; 6, 7 and 8 go around the pom-pom.
- Dots 9, 10 and 11 come down the right side, and 12 and 13 are the right end of the brim.
- Close along the bottom from 13 back to 1.
What this worksheet teaches
The pom-pom is small and needs short, careful strokes, while the sides of the hat are long slants, and switching between the two teaches the hand to vary its movement. The shape is symmetrical, so a child who notices that 2 and 12 are opposite each other can check their own work. Thirteen dots take the counting beyond ten, a good next step for five-year-olds who are confident with 1 to 10.
Play idea
Draw a line from 2 to 12 to show the folded brim, then "knit" the hat with pencils: stripes, zigzags or a snowflake in the middle. Finally, draw a face under the brim so the hat has someone to keep warm, perhaps your child themselves.