Spirals Tracing Worksheet — Large Patterns, Draw from the Model, 4 Rows, Ages 5–6
Each of the four large rows opens with one solid spiral and one dashed spiral winding in from an outer dot; after that, children aged 5–6 draw their own spirals across the page.
1 A4 page · for home and classroom use
Spirals
How to use this worksheet
- Put the pencil on the dot on the outer edge of the spiral and wind inward in smaller and smaller rounds until you reach the center.
- Trace the dashed spiral to check the size, then draw the remaining spirals freehand, lifting the pencil only between them.
- Each spiral should stand on the bottom guide line and reach up to the top line on its outer lap.
What this worksheet teaches
Winding a spiral without a trace means the child controls the shrinking curve alone: the hand keeps turning while the circle gets smaller on every lap. That steady control of curve size is what writing round letters small and neatly requires. Large rows give room for two or three clear laps, so the movement can be even rather than cramped, and drawing from a model trains your child to hold the size of the example in mind across the whole row.
Variation to try
Lollipops: your child adds a stick under each spiral to make a lollipop, then chooses the one they would eat first and explains why it is the neatest.