Picket Fences Tracing Worksheet — Large Patterns, Draw from the Model, 5 Rows, Ages 4–5 (Sheet 3)
A garden fence with a rail across the middle and posts crossing it is the model in each of these five large rows for 4- and 5-year-olds, and after a short start the fence is theirs to finish.
1 A4 page · for home and classroom use
Fence
How to use this worksheet
- The dark dot marks the start of the rail in the middle of the band. The model shows a short piece of rail with two posts, followed by two dashed posts.
- Continue the rail straight across the row, then add the posts: each one starts at the top line, crosses the rail and ends on the bottom line.
- Keep the posts evenly spaced. About fifteen of them fit in a row.
What this worksheet teaches
The fence combines one long horizontal line with many short vertical strokes that must cross it cleanly. Drawing the long rail without wobbling trains a steady sideways movement, and every post trains the top-to-bottom stroke used in writing. Because the rail comes first, your child has a clear reference line for crossing. At the draw-from-the-model level, the spacing of the posts is entirely up to your child, which is excellent planning practice.
Play idea
Make a farm: your child draws a cow, a sheep or a chicken peeking over one fence in each row. Then ask which animals are hiding behind the fence.