Bananas Tracing Worksheet — Medium Patterns with Half Tracing for Ages 5–6
Five medium rows of bananas are dashed to about halfway; 5–6 year olds trace the first bunch, then draw the rest themselves with the same bend and size.
1 A4 page · for home and classroom use
Banany
How to use this worksheet
- The freehand bananas match the traced ones: a crescent bending the same way, thicker in the middle, with the stem on top and a light line along the middle.
- About half of each of the five rows is dashed; once the dashes stop, your child draws the remaining bananas alone and checks that every curve bends the same way as the solid banana.
What this worksheet teaches
After tracing, a 5–6 year old must repeat the bend from memory. The two curves have to meet at both ends while staying a steady distance apart in the middle, so the banana turns into neither a thin line nor a fat moon. Keeping each new banana the same size and spacing along the row is the rhythm that later keeps handwriting even.
Play idea
Ripe or green: in the free half, your child marks each banana as ripe or unripe with a small dot of yellow or green, then counts which kind wins in every row.
Questions and answers
Questions from parents
Why do the freehand bananas bend differently?
Once the dashes are gone, the hand changes the curve a little each time. A quick look at the last dashed banana before every new one keeps the bend going the same way.
What age is this worksheet for?
Children aged 5–6 — the dashed bananas show the curve and its size, and the freehand ones at the end of every row show whether your child can repeat that curve alone.
What if the freehand bananas turn out too straight or too fat?
Trace the solid banana with a finger first to feel how far it bends, then draw the next one; if it comes out fat, bring the inner curve closer to the outer one.