Picket Fences Tracing Worksheet — Large Patterns, Half Tracing, 4 Rows, Ages 3–4
Building a fence takes two kinds of line here: one rail across the middle of the row and tall posts pushed through it from top to bottom; half of each large row is dashed for ages 3–4.
1 A4 page · for home and classroom use
Fence
How to use this worksheet
- Start at the dark dot on the left end of the rail, halfway between the guide lines, and draw the rail across the dashed part of the row.
- Then add the posts: each goes from the top line straight down to the bottom line, crossing the rail. The first two posts are solid, the next ones dashed.
- Where the dashes stop, continue the rail to the end of the row and add posts with even gaps; a full row holds 14 to 18 posts.
What this worksheet teaches
Every post crosses the rail, so the fence practices the plus-sign movement: a horizontal and a vertical line meeting in the middle. Copying a cross like this is usually expected around age four, which makes the dashed half a good bridge for 3–4 year olds. Drawing the long rail first and the short posts after it also teaches the idea of stroke order, which children meet again when they write t or f.
Variation to try
Toy corral: after each row, your child stands a small toy at the end of the fence to guard the gate. Then count the posts in the dashed half and in the half your child drew: are there about as many?