Bridges Tracing Worksheet — Large Patterns, Half Tracing, 5 Rows, Ages 4–5 (Sheet 3)

A row of arched bridges runs across each of the five large rows on this half-tracing page for ages 4–5; the dashes carry the arches to just past the middle, and your child builds the rest.

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Bridges

How to use this worksheet

Start on the dark dot on the bottom line. Go up and over in a round arch and land back on the bottom line.
Where one arch lands, go straight back up into the next one without lifting the pencil.
Trace the dashed arches, then keep building bridges on the empty guide lines. Seven to nine arches fit in a row.

What this worksheet teaches

The arch, up, over and down, is the movement inside lowercase n, m, h and r. Landing precisely on the bottom line and going back up along the same path is a key handwriting skill, because the pencil has to stop exactly and reverse. The half-tracing level shows whether the arches stay the same height and width once the dashes end. Large rows let four- and five-year-olds use a big, relaxed movement before the same arch shrinks to letter size.

Play idea

Draw a wavy river under row 5 and let a small toy car drive over the bridges of row 1 before your child traces them. Then count how many bridges the car crossed.

Questions and answers

Questions from parents

How are bridges different from valleys?

Bridges rise from the bottom line and curve over the top, like the letter n. Valleys hang from the top line and curve underneath, like the letter u.

In the free part the arches get pointed. What helps?

A pointed top means the pencil turned too early. Ask your child to "roll over the top" slowly, and compare each arch with the solid model at the start.

Why do the arches start on the bottom line?

That is where n, m and h begin their arches, so starting there builds the habit your child will need for writing.