Picket Fences Tracing Worksheet — Medium Patterns, Draw from the Model, 7 Rows, Ages 6–8
A long rail across the middle with upright posts crossing it builds a picket fence in each of the seven medium rows of this sheet for ages 6–8; after a short model, the fence is theirs to finish.
1 A4 page · for home and classroom use
Fence
How to use this worksheet
- Start at the dot on the left and draw the rail straight across the middle of the band; then add the posts from the top line down through the rail to the bottom line.
- The model shows two posts and the dashes two more; keep the same gap between posts along the empty row.
- Seven rows are long, so do one or two at a time with short breaks.
What this worksheet teaches
The fence combines a long horizontal stroke with short vertical strokes that cross it, the same crossing movement used in t, f and the plus sign, and the straight lines of capitals H, E and T. Drawing a long rail by eye trains steady left-to-right movement, and adding evenly spaced posts trains spacing and precise starts on the top line. Copying from a model at 6–8 adds planning, since the fence must stay regular without dashes.
Variation to try
Farm fence: your child draws a tiny animal behind the fence and counts the posts between two animals. Changing the number every row, three posts and then five, turns spacing into a counting game.