Bridges Tracing Worksheet — Large Patterns, Draw from the Model, 4 Rows, Ages 5–6
Wide arches rise from the bottom line and curve back down, one after another: each of four large rows shows one bridge and a dashed one, and 5–6 year olds build the rest.
1 A4 page · for home and classroom use
Bridges
How to use this worksheet
- Start at the dot on the bottom guide line and draw a big arch up to the top line and down again to the bottom line.
- Without lifting the pencil, begin the next arch where the last one landed; trace the dashed arch after the solid one.
- Keep building arches to the end of the row, all the same height and width, like the arches of a long bridge.
What this worksheet teaches
Arches that go over the top are called arcades in handwriting teaching, and they are the humps of n, m, h and r. Drawing them in a joined row practices going up, over and down in one flowing movement while the pencil stays on the paper. At the model-only level your child has to judge where each arch lands so the next one can begin there, which trains planning and even spacing. Large rows make the arcs big enough for the arm to feel the whole movement.
Play idea
River crossing: draw little waves under the bridges in the last row and let your child drive a toy car or a finger across the bridges, counting the arches it passes.