Steps Tracing Worksheet — Large Patterns, Draw from the Model, 6 Rows, Series F, Ages 5–6
Series F turns the castle-wall pattern into a planning task: six large rows, one solid tower and one dashed tower at the start of each, and the rest of the wall for 5–6 year olds to build.
1 A4 page · for home and classroom use
Steps
How to use this worksheet
- Start on the dark dot at the bottom-left: the first move is straight up, then across the top, down and across the bottom.
- Say the four directions aloud while tracing the dashed tower, then keep saying them while drawing freehand.
- Keep the pencil on the paper for the whole row; the wall is one continuous line from the dot to the end.
What this worksheet teaches
A square up-and-down line mixes vertical and horizontal strokes in a fixed order, so it trains both direction control and sequencing. Children at 5–6 often round the corners or let the towers shrink; watching the model and the two guide lines corrects both. The same skills appear in writing when a child has to remember the order of strokes in a letter like E, and when numbers such as 4 and 7 need firm corners.
Variation to try
Robot talk: your child is a robot that can only move up, across and down. You call out the directions for the first free tower, then the robot builds the rest of the row alone.