Picket Fences Tracing Worksheet — Medium Patterns, Draw from the Model, 6 Rows, Ages 5–6
Six medium rows, and each one shows just a short piece of fence: a rail with two solid posts, two dashed posts, then empty space where a 5–6 year old builds the rest.
1 A4 page · for home and classroom use
Fence
How to use this worksheet
- Start at the dark dot on the left, in the middle of the band, and draw the rail straight along the whole row first.
- Then add the posts: each goes from near the top guide line down to near the bottom one, crossing the rail. The sample shows how far apart they stand.
- A full row holds about 20 to 24 posts, so encourage slow, even spacing rather than speed.
What this worksheet teaches
The fence splits into two kinds of straight stroke: one long horizontal pull from left to right and many short vertical strokes from top to bottom. Crossing a line already on the page is what children do when they write t, f and the crossbar of A or H. Since only the model and one dashed piece are printed, your child plans the spacing alone and keeps every post the same height, a real step toward copying from the board at school.
Variation to try
Farm fence: when the rows are done, draw a small animal behind the fence in each row, a hen in one, a pig in another, and count the posts that keep each animal inside.