Mixed Patterns: Every Row Different (Lying Eights, Crosses, Slanted Lines, Stars, Valleys) — Large, Draw from the Model, 5 Rows, Ages 4–5

Five rows, five patterns, and only a model and a short dashed part to go on: this card asks 4–5 year olds to continue lying eights, crosses, slanted lines, stars and valleys freehand.

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Mixed patterns

How to use this worksheet

At the start of each row, trace the solid model with a finger and name the pattern: eights, crosses, slanted lines, stars, valleys.
Trace the short dashed part after the model with the pencil, starting where the dark dot and arrow show.
Then continue the pattern across the empty band, keeping the size of the model and staying between the guide lines.

What this worksheet teaches

Drawing from a model is the last step before free pattern work: the child has to read the shape, remember it and reproduce it evenly. On this card that demand changes every row, from the two-direction loops of the lying eights to the crossing diagonals of the X shapes, the parallel slanted strokes, the ten-cornered stars and the round valleys. For 4–5 year olds who have traced these patterns before, it shows which movements they can already produce on their own.

Play idea

Model check: when a row is finished, your child puts a small star above the shape that looks most like the solid model at the start of that row. Then compare: which row earned its star most easily?

Questions and answers

Questions from parents

Is this card harder than a tracing sheet with the same patterns?

Yes. Each row shows only a solid model and a short dashed part, and the rest is empty, so it suits children who have already traced these patterns.

Why is the stars row often the slowest?

Every star needs ten straight lines and ten turns, and without dashes your child has to keep them all in order.

My child's patterns shrink toward the end of the row. What helps?

Glance back at the model every few shapes and use the guide lines as the top and bottom limits.