Dot to Dot: Mouse with Round Ears — Ages 3-4
Round ears, whiskers and tiny paws are already on the page: three- and four-year-olds join just eight dots to give this little mouse its outline.
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Dot to Dot: Mouse with Round Ears — Ages 3-4
How to use this worksheet
- Show your child the bigger dot 1 above the left ear; dot 2 dips between the ears and dot 3 sits above the right one.
- Follow the dashed line from 3 down the right side to the feet at 5 and 6.
- Go up the left side through 7 and 8 and back to the first ear.
- Color the insides of the ears pink and draw a piece of cheese next to the mouse.
What this worksheet teaches
With eight dots spread across the whole picture, the lines are long and go in every direction: across, down, along the bottom and up again. A young child practices steering the crayon all four ways, which is harder than it sounds at three. Counting stays within 1 to 8, so attention can go to aiming at each dot and stopping there. The ears add a first taste of symmetry: one dot above each ear with a dip in between, so the head gets two bumps on top, like a real mouse seen from the front.
Play idea
Play "squeak and count": your child squeaks once for each dot joined, eight squeaks in all. Then hide the finished mouse in the room and guide the search with "warmer" and "colder".