Valleys Tracing Worksheet — Large Patterns, Half Tracing, 4 Rows, Ages 3–4
Wide U-shaped valleys that dip from the top line to the bottom and climb back up fill four large rows here, dashed for the first half and open for the second, for children aged 3–4.
1 A4 page · for home and classroom use
Valleys
How to use this worksheet
- Start at the dot at the top of the band, slide down into the valley, round the bottom and climb back up to the top line.
- Keep going from valley to valley along the dashes without lifting the crayon.
- When the dashes end, your child continues the valleys alone; saying 'down and up' for each one helps.
What this worksheet teaches
Valleys practice the underneath curve that later becomes the letters u, w and y and the swinging joins of cursive. For a 3–4 year old, big valleys build a rhythmic down-and-up movement and control of the crayon between two lines. Half tracing gently introduces independence: the dashed half sets the size and rhythm, and in the blank half the child tries to keep the same shape by looking back, an early copying skill.
Play idea
Swing ride: a little figure rides a swing down into each valley and up again. After tracing, your child draws a small sun above the valley they like best in each row.