Lying Figure Eights Tracing Worksheet — Large Patterns, Half Tracing, 4 Rows, Ages 4–5
Sideways figure eights – often called lazy eights or infinity signs – stand on four large rows; dots cover about half of each row and a 4–5-year-old draws the rest.
1 A4 page · for home and classroom use
Lying figure eights
How to use this worksheet
- Each eight starts at its center point. Go around the left loop first, back through the middle, then around the right loop and home to the center.
- Keep the pencil on the paper for the whole eight; lift it only to move to the next one.
- In the freehand half, check that both loops are about the same size and that the lines cross in the middle.
What this worksheet teaches
A lying eight makes the hand go round in one direction and then in the other, crossing through the same central point twice. That change of rotation inside one movement is harder than a circle and trains smooth curves in both directions – useful because letters need both counterclockwise curves (a, o) and clockwise ones (the bowls of b and p). Lazy eights are a long-standing pre-writing warm-up. The large size gives room for the whole movement, and half tracing shows whether the two loops stay balanced without help.
Play idea
First trace a giant lazy eight on the table with a toy car or a finger, then a smaller one on the back of the page with a crayon, and only then do the rows.