Bridges Tracing Worksheet — Medium Patterns, Draw from the Model, 6 Rows, Series E, Ages 5–6
Arches that rise from the bottom line and come back down, one after another, form the bridges on this card; 5–6 year olds copy them across six rows from one model each.
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 to the right, and come down to the bottom line again.
- Trace the one dashed arch, then keep building arches to the end of the row without lifting the pencil; the arches meet in points on the bottom line.
- Each row fits about ten to twelve arches of the same width.
What this worksheet teaches
The bridge arch is the movement of the humps in n, m, h and r: up, over to the right and down. Drawing it from a model asks the child to keep the arches equally wide and equally tall without dashes to follow, so the eyes have to check the model while the hand works. At 5–6 this is good preparation for writing letters with humps at a steady size along a line.
Play idea
Toy car trip: after the rows are finished, your child drives a small toy car or a finger over the bridges of one row, counting each arch aloud.
Questions and answers
Questions from parents
Is this the same as the valleys pattern?
No. Bridges arch upward and meet on the bottom line; valleys are the upside-down version, scooping down from the top line.
Should the pencil lift between arches?
No. The arches join in a point on the bottom line and the pencil keeps going into the next one.
The arches come out too flat. What helps?
Remind your child that each arch should rise almost to the top guide line, just like the model.