Mixed Patterns Tracing: Lying Eights and Small Waves — Large, Half Tracing, 5 Rows, Ages 5–6
Sideways eights and small waves alternate across five large rows; the dashes guide a 5–6 year old to about the middle, and the rest of each row is theirs to complete.
1 A4 page · for home and classroom use
Mixed patterns
How to use this worksheet
- Eight rows (1, 3 and 5): start at the dark dot in the middle of the eight, go up and around the left loop, back through the middle, then around the right loop.
- Small-wave rows (2 and 4): start halfway up the row and make short, even ups and downs; the waves stay well inside the guide lines.
- After the dashes, continue each pattern on your own, keeping the size of the traced part.
What this worksheet teaches
The lying eight makes the hand change turning direction in the middle of one movement: one way around the left loop, the other way around the right. That smooth switch underlies rhythmic, joined writing. The small waves ask for the opposite: a small, quick movement guided by the fingers rather than the arm. Alternating the two trains your child to adjust both the kind and the size of a movement, as writing letters of different shapes requires.
Play idea
Air drawing: before each eight row, your child draws a big lying eight in the air with a straight arm, then a smaller one with a finger on the table, and only then on paper.