Picket Fences Tracing Worksheet — Medium Patterns, Half Tracing, 5 Rows, Ages 5–6 (Sheet 2)
Each medium row here is a garden fence, a long rail across the middle and short posts crossing it, dashed for about half the row and finished by your 5- or 6-year-old.
1 A4 page · for home and classroom use
Fence
How to use this worksheet
- The dark dot is at the left end of the rail, halfway up the row. Draw the rail from left to right along the dashes.
- Then draw the posts: each one from the top line straight down to the bottom line, crossing the rail.
- Where the dashes stop, carry the rail on to the end of the row and add the missing posts at the same spacing.
What this worksheet teaches
The fence combines the two main directions of writing: a long line from left to right and short strokes from top to bottom. Every post has to cross the rail at a right angle, which is the same crossing used in t, f and the plus sign. In the free half, your child also has to plan the spacing: 18 to 22 posts per row only look like a fence if the gaps are even.
Variation to try
Make it a farm: behind the part of the fence your child drew alone, draw a sheep, a cow or a hen peeking through the posts.
Questions and answers
Questions from parents
Should the posts have pointed tops?
No. On this sheet they are straight posts crossing the rail, with no points on top.
Rail first or posts first?
The dot marks the start of the rail, so the rail comes first and the posts after.
What if the posts come out uneven?
Use two fingers as a spacer between posts for the first few, then try without.