Steps Tracing Worksheet — Medium Patterns, Full Tracing, 5 Rows, Ages 6–8

Up, across, down, across: nine to eleven square blocks rise along each row like the top of a castle wall, and all five medium rows are dashed end to end for ages 6–8.

6 Years

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All printables: Tracing lines

Steps

How to use this worksheet

Start at the dark dot on the bottom line, go straight up to the top line, across, straight down, and across again: that is one step.
Keep going through the dashed steps without lifting the pencil; the whole row is one continuous line.
Make the corners sharp: stop, turn, then move on.

What this worksheet teaches

Square corners need a full stop and a change of direction, which is the control behind print letters such as E, F, H, L and T. Steps alternate vertical and horizontal strokes in one line and keep every top level on the upper rule and every bottom on the lower rule. For a 6–8-year-old the shape itself is easy, so full tracing here is about precision: corners landing right on the guide lines, tops that are flat and blocks as wide as the gaps between them.

Play idea

Count the blocks: in each row, count the tops of the wall aloud and write the number at the end of the row. The rows are not all the same, so compare which one has the most.

Questions and answers

Questions from parents

Is this a staircase that keeps going up?

No. The line goes up and comes down again, so it looks like the top of a castle wall. All the tops sit on the upper line and all the bottoms on the lower line.

My child rounds off the corners. Is that a problem?

It is worth fixing gently. Say "stop" at each corner; a tiny pause before turning is what makes a sharp angle.

What comes after this sheet?

A steps sheet with half tracing or one drawn from the model, where your child continues the wall without dashes.