Spirals Tracing Worksheet — Medium Patterns, Draw from the Model, 6 Rows
Spirals that coil inward, drawn almost entirely by the child: six medium rows with only a model and one traced spiral, for kindergarten-age children of 5-6.
1 A4 page · for home and classroom use
Spirals
How to use this worksheet
- Each spiral starts on its outer edge at the right and winds inward, clockwise, finishing in the center.
- Trace the one dashed spiral after the model, then draw the rest of the row freehand.
- Leave a small gap between the coils so they do not touch.
What this worksheet teaches
A spiral needs a continuous curve that keeps getting smaller, so the hand has to control size step by step without stopping. It builds fine control of the fingers and wrist, and also planning, because the child must leave room for the next coil. Drawing from a model at 5-6 checks whether the child can hold the picture of a shape in mind and reproduce it, the same skill used when copying letters.
Play idea
Call the spirals snail shells. When a row is finished, your child adds a head and two feelers to the best shell in that row.
Questions and answers
Questions from parents
Where does the spiral start on this sheet?
On the outer edge, at the right, and it winds inward to the center. The dot at the start of each row marks the first spiral's starting point.
My child's spirals have only one or two coils. Is that OK?
Yes, two clear coils are a good result. The model has about two and a half turns.
What if drawing without dashes is too hard?
Draw a row of big spirals on plain paper together first, then come back to this medium size.