Springs Tracing Worksheet — Large Patterns, Draw from the Model, 5 Rows, Ages 4–5 (Sheet 3)
Picture a row of cursive l's pressed close together: those are springs, and on this large sheet for ages 4–5 they are given only at the start of each row.
1 A4 page · for home and classroom use
Springs
How to use this worksheet
- Look at the solid springs at the left of each row: tall, narrow loops that go up toward the top line and come back down across themselves.
- Start on the dark dot on the bottom line, trace the short dashed stretch, then continue on the empty guide lines.
- Keep the loops narrow. Around fifteen springs fit in a row; fat loops mean far fewer.
What this worksheet teaches
A spring is a tall, narrow loop: the pencil climbs, turns in a small space at the top and comes down almost straight, crossing the upstroke. Keeping each loop close to the next without collapsing into a scribble takes careful control of size and spacing, and at the draw-from-the-model level your child copies the shape from memory. These loops foreshadow the tall looped cursive letters l, b, h and k, which come much later.
Play idea
Say "boing" softly on every spring, like a bouncing toy. When a row is done, count its springs and compare with the next row: a similar count means similar spacing.