Circles Tracing Worksheet — Medium Patterns, Half Tracing, 6 Rows, Ages 4–5 (Sheet 2)
Six rows of smaller circles, ten or eleven to a row, ask 4–5 year olds for tighter control: each row is dashed for about half its length before the circles are drawn freehand.
1 A4 page · for home and classroom use
Circles
How to use this worksheet
- Begin at the dark dot on the left side of the first circle: go down, round the bottom, up and over the top, back to the dot.
- Trace the dashed circles, lifting the pencil between them and starting each one on its left side.
- Continue with your own circles to the end of the row, keeping them on the bottom line and about as big as the dashed ones.
What this worksheet teaches
Medium circles are smaller than those on beginner cards, so the movement shifts from the arm to the wrist and fingers, closer to the size of the letter o in real writing. Six rows give plenty of repetition in the counterclockwise direction used for a, c, d, g, o and q. The free half of each row checks two things at once: whether the circles close and whether they stay the same size from one to the next.
Variation to try
Bubbles and buttons: color every third circle in the first row, every second one in the next, and let your child invent a pattern for the last row. Then count all the circles together; there are about sixty.