Hearts Tracing Worksheet — Medium Patterns, Full Tracing, 5 Rows, Ages 5–6
Rows of hearts, nine to twelve in each of five medium rows, are fully dashed here, so 5- and 6-year-olds can learn where a heart begins and how its two bumps meet.
1 A4 page · for home and classroom use
Hearts
How to use this worksheet
- Each heart starts at the dark dot on its bottom point. Go up the left side, curve over the left bump and down into the dip in the middle.
- From the dip, curve over the right bump and down the right side back to the point.
- Lift the pencil and start the next heart at its point. The first heart in each row is solid.
What this worksheet teaches
A heart is two mirror-image curves that meet twice: in the dip at the top and at the point at the bottom. Hitting both meeting points teaches the hand to stop exactly where it means to, and drawing both halves the same size is an early lesson in symmetry. The rounded bumps rehearse the curves of letters, while the sharp point asks for a clean change of direction.
Play idea
Hearts for everyone: after each row, your child says who every heart is for, one for each family member, friend or pet, until the row is full.
Questions and answers
Questions from parents
Where should a heart start?
On this sheet at the bottom point: up the left side first, then over the two bumps and back down.
One bump always comes out bigger than the other. Why?
Usually the hand speeds up on the second bump. Tracing slowly and stopping for a breath in the middle dip keeps both bumps on the dashes and the same size.
Isn't full tracing too easy at five?
A heart has many turns, so tracing first is useful. Next, try hearts with half tracing.