Bridges Tracing Worksheet — Large Patterns, Half Tracing, 5 Rows, Ages 4–5 (Sheet 2)
Each row on this card is a long bridge of seven or eight round arches; 4–5 year olds trace the dashed first half and then keep building across the empty half.
1 A4 page · for home and classroom use
Bridges
How to use this worksheet
- Start at the dark dot on the bottom line: go up and over in a round arch and back down to the bottom line; the first arch is solid.
- Carry straight on into the next arch without lifting, since the arches touch at the bottom.
- When the dashes run out, continue the bridge alone to the end of the row, keeping the arches the same height and width.
What this worksheet teaches
The bridge movement, up, over and down, is the shape inside the lowercase letters n, m, h and r. Half tracing lets 4–5 year olds find the rhythm on the dashes and then keep it without help, looking back to check the size of each arch. Children often make their own arches taller or flatter than the traced ones; comparing them with the dashed part is exactly the self-checking skill that handwriting needs.
Variation to try
River crossing: draw blue water under the bridge and a little boat passing under one arch. In the free half, your child decides how many arches the bridge needs to reach the other bank.