Picket Fences Tracing Worksheet — Medium Patterns, Full Tracing, 5 Rows, Ages 5–6
A picket fence in five medium rows: a long rail across the middle of each band, with upright posts crossing it, fully dashed for 5–6 year olds.
1 A4 page · for home and classroom use
Fence
How to use this worksheet
- Start on the dark dot at the left end of the rail and trace it across the middle of the band to the end of the row.
- Then go back to the start and add the posts, each from the top down to the bottom, crossing the rail.
- The solid model at the start shows the first two posts; keep every post straight and the gaps even.
What this worksheet teaches
The fence combines two basic strokes: a long horizontal line drawn from left to right and many short vertical lines drawn from top to bottom. Crossing one line with another at the right place is needed for letters such as t and f and for the plus sign. Full tracing lets a 5–6 year old concentrate on straight, even strokes and on stopping each post at the bottom line.
Play idea
Farmyard: after tracing, your child draws a small animal behind one section of the fence in each row, such as a sheep, a pig or a hen, and gives it a name.
Questions and answers
Questions from parents
Why is the rail traced before the posts?
It gives a straight line across the middle first, from left to right; the posts are then spaced along a line that is already there, each drawn from top to bottom.
How many posts are in a row?
About 20 to 24, and none of them has a pointed top: each is a straight line crossing the rail. The solid model shows the first two.
My child's posts don't reach the bottom line. What helps?
Ask them to look at the bottom line before each post and 'land' on it; slower strokes stop more accurately.