Fish Scales Tracing Worksheet — Medium Patterns with Half Tracing for Ages 5–6
Three round scales, two side by side under the top line and a third hanging between them, make each fish-scale shape; about six are dashed in every medium row.
1 A4 page · for home and classroom use
Rybia łuska
How to use this worksheet
- Start at the dark dot on the top line at the left. Draw a U down and back up to the top, then a second U next to it, in one line.
- Lift the pencil and draw the third U lower: it starts at the bottom of the first scale and ends at the bottom of the second.
- Leave a small gap and start the next shape. After the dashes, draw four or five alone.
What this worksheet teaches
All three scales are the same down-around-up curve, the movement of u and w, so the task is to repeat one curve three times at the same size. The third scale starts and ends on points of lines already drawn, which trains precise starting and stopping. Fitting the lower scale between the upper ones is the idea behind real fish scales and roof tiles: shapes that overlap in a regular way.
Variation to try
Big fish: around one row your child draws the outline of a long fish, with a tail at one end and an eye at the other, so the scales become its body.
Questions and answers
Questions from parents
Where does the third scale start?
At the bottom of the first scale, and it ends at the bottom of the second one.
My child's scales are different sizes. What helps?
Compare each new U with the one before it; the dashed part shows the right size.
What if my child finds it too hard?
Draw only the two top scales for a row, then add the third later.