Triangles Tracing Worksheet — Medium Patterns, Full Tracing, 5 Rows, Ages 5–6 (Sheet 2)

Tents in a campsite: five medium rows of joined triangles, each dashed along both slants and its base, give 5–6 year olds a fully supported workout in diagonal lines.

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Triangles

How to use this worksheet

Look at the solid triangle at the start of the row and find its three corners together before tracing.
From the dot at the lower left, go up to the point, down to the right corner and back along the bottom line to where you began.
Trace one triangle at a time; the bottom row stops before the mascot.

What this worksheet teaches

Diagonals are the stroke that most often goes wobbly at five, because the hand has to move sideways and up or down at the same time. Tracing more than fifty triangles trains that coordinated movement and teaches the eye to aim at a target point before the pencil moves. Closing each shape along the base adds a horizontal stroke from right to left, a direction that feels unusual to many beginners. All of this prepares for letters with points, such as A, V, W, M, N and k.

Variation to try

Campsite count: color every third triangle orange as a tent and leave the rest as mountains, then ask how many tents stand in the top row and how many in the whole camp.

Questions and answers

Questions from parents

How is fully dashed tracing different from other triangle pages?

Here the dashes run through the whole row, so it suits a child still learning the shape. Once the triangles look even, try a sheet where the guide stops halfway.

Should the pencil leave the paper at each corner of the triangle?

Better not. A short stop at each corner is fine, but turning with the pencil down gives a closed, clean shape and keeps the stroke on the dashes.

Which grip works best for this worksheet?

A relaxed tripod grip, with the pencil between the thumb and two fingers; a short pencil helps.