Connect the Dots: Turtle with 15 Dots for 5-Year-Olds
The full turtle, with a rounded shell, a head and two square legs, drawn through fifteen dots without a guide; a red answer key is waiting on page two.
2 A4 pages · for home and classroom use
Connect the dots: turtle
How to use this worksheet
- Start at the large dot 1 at the back of the shell, on the left.
- Dots 2 to 5 arch over the shell; 6 is the neck, 7 the nose and 8 the chin.
- Dots 9 to 12 draw the front leg, and 13 to 15 the back leg.
- Close with 15 to 1, then compare with the answer key.
What this worksheet teaches
Each leg is a small box, down, across and up, so the child makes several right-angled turns close together, a good test of stopping exactly on the dot. The shell is the opposite: a long arch of gentle turns. Combining both in one picture, and counting to fifteen without a guide, makes this a solid challenge for five-year-olds who are comfortable with shorter dot-to-dot pages.
Variation to try
Retell the fable of the tortoise and the hare. Draw a finish flag at the edge of the page and a hare napping under a tree halfway along, then let your child tell how slow and steady wins the race.