Spirals Tracing Worksheet — Medium Patterns, Full Tracing, 5 Rows, Ages 5–6
Rows of little snail shells: five medium bands of spirals for 5–6 year olds, fully dashed, each one starting on the outer edge and winding inward to the middle.
1 A4 page · for home and classroom use
Spirals
How to use this worksheet
- Start on the dark dot on the outside of the first spiral, at its right side, and go down and round.
- Keep turning, a little smaller each time, for about two and a half turns until you reach the middle.
- Lift the pencil, move to the outer edge of the next spiral and trace it the same way.
What this worksheet teaches
A spiral is a circle that keeps shrinking, so the child has to control direction and size at the same time, making each turn slightly tighter without letting the lines touch. Working inward from the edge means a 5–6 year old starts with the biggest, easiest movement and ends with the smallest, most precise one. This graded control of curves supports round letters and the small, neat movements needed for writing at letter size.
Play idea
Snail parade: when the tracing is done, your child adds a head with two feelers to the side of every spiral in one row and counts the snails.