Picket Fences Tracing Worksheet — Large Patterns, Draw from the Model, 4 Rows, Ages 5–6
A long rail crossed by short posts runs through each of four large rows: one solid stretch and one dashed stretch show the idea, then 5–6 year olds build the fence themselves.
1 A4 page · for home and classroom use
Fence
How to use this worksheet
- Start at the dot on the left end of the rail and draw the horizontal line through the middle of the row.
- Add the posts from the top guide line straight down through the rail to the bottom line, two per stretch as in the model.
- After the dashed stretch, extend the rail to the end of the row first, then add evenly spaced posts along it.
What this worksheet teaches
The fence combines one long horizontal stroke with many short vertical ones that cross it, the same crossing as in t, f and the plus sign. Without dashes, your child has to plan: draw the rail, then decide where each post goes so the gaps stay equal. The long left-to-right rail practices keeping a line level across a wide row, and the posts train stopping exactly on the guide lines. Large rows make each post long enough to practice a truly straight downward stroke.
Play idea
Garden fence: after drawing, your child adds a flower between two posts in each row and counts the gaps between posts. There is always one gap fewer than there are posts, a nice little math discovery.