Springs Tracing Worksheet — Large Patterns, Draw from the Model, 5 Rows, Ages 4–5
Narrow, tall loops packed close like a stretched spring: on this five-row card, 4–5 year olds copy a short solid model and a dashed stretch, then keep coiling alone.
1 A4 page · for home and classroom use
Springs
How to use this worksheet
- Look at the solid coils at the start of the row and put the pencil on the dark dot on the bottom line.
- Trace the dashed coils after the model, then carry on with narrow loops of the same height across the empty space.
- Each coil goes up, bends back at the top and comes down to the bottom line close to where it began.
What this worksheet teaches
Springs are loops squeezed narrow, like the loops of a cursive l. Keeping them tall and thin needs more precise control than wide loops, because the pencil has to turn in a small space at the top without closing the loop into a blob. Drawing them from a model also trains visual memory and planning: the spacing must stay even along the whole row with no dashes to follow, a skill that later keeps handwriting tidy.
Play idea
Boing: bounce a small toy along a finished row, saying "boing" on every coil, then let your child draw one extra spring in the margin, as long as they like.