Mixed Patterns Tracing: Stars and Steps — Large, Draw from the Model, 6 Rows, Ages 5–6

Stars and castle-wall steps take turns on this large sheet for 5–6 year olds: each of the six rows gives one solid model and one dashed copy, then an empty band.

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All printables: Tracing lines

Mixed patterns

How to use this worksheet

Rows 1, 3 and 5 are stars: start on the dot at the top point and go around the ten short lines of the outline.
Rows 2, 4 and 6 are steps: start on the bottom line and go up, across, down and across, like the top of a castle wall.
After the one dashed element, continue freehand to the end of the band; the last row stops before the mascot.

What this worksheet teaches

Both patterns are made only of straight lines, but they train different things. The star outline needs a stop and a sharp turn at ten corners, alternating outer points and inner corners, while the steps go straight up and down between the guide lines and turn at right angles. With only one traced element, a 5–6 year old must look, remember and plan the next line alone, as later when copying words.

Play idea

Night at the castle: every step row is a castle wall and every star row is the sky above it. Your child tries to draw the same number of stars in all three star rows.

Questions and answers

Questions from parents

Should the steps be drawn without lifting the pencil?

Yes, the steps are one continuous line: up, across, down, across. Each star is also one closed line, from the top point round and back to it.

Why do the stars and the steps each appear three times?

Meeting each pattern in three rows lets your child improve from one row to the next, which suits the harder draw-from-the-model level.

My child's stars get bigger and bigger. What helps?

Before each new star, compare it with the solid model: the whole star fits between the two guide lines, with the top point near the top line.