Lying Figure Eights Tracing Worksheet — Large Patterns, Full Tracing, 4 Rows, Ages 4–5 (Sheet 2)
The infinity sign turned into a handwriting drill: four large rows of lying eights, dashed end to end, for 4–5 year olds ready to draw both loops without a pause.
1 A4 page · for home and classroom use
Lying figure eights
How to use this worksheet
- Each row opens with a solid eight and a dark dot in its middle. From there, loop up and around to the left and come back to the middle.
- Without stopping, loop up and around to the right and back to the middle; then move on to the next dashed eight.
- Try to make the two loops the same size, both standing on the bottom line.
What this worksheet teaches
In one lying eight the hand turns one way around the left loop and the other way around the right loop. Doing that without pausing in the middle is harder than it looks, and at 4–5 many children are ready to try it as one smooth movement. Practicing both directions of rotation, and returning each time to a fixed point, strengthens the control behind round letters and keeps the pencil moving at an even speed.
Variation to try
Two colors: trace every left loop in blue and every right loop in red. When the row is done, your child can see at a glance whether the two sides of each eight are the same size.