Valleys Tracing Worksheet — Large Patterns, Half Tracing, 4 Rows, Ages 4–5
Here the curves hang down instead of rising up: four large rows of valleys, dotted for about half of each row, for 4–5-year-olds to continue alone.
1 A4 page · for home and classroom use
Valleys
How to use this worksheet
- Start at the dot near the upper line, dip down into the first valley and climb back up to the top.
- Keep going valley after valley; they join at the top like a row of cups.
- When the dots stop, keep the bottoms rounded – a pointy bottom turns the valley into a zigzag.
What this worksheet teaches
Valleys are the upside-down partner of bridges. The movement goes down and back up, the same curve that shapes the letters u, w and y and the joins between many letters in cursive writing. Starting at the top and returning to the top trains a steady, repeated curve with the pencil kept on the paper. For a 4–5-year-old, large valleys allow the arm to move freely, and half tracing reveals whether the width and depth stay even when the guide ends – a first step toward letters of a consistent size.
Variation to try
Put a small bead or a pea-sized ball of play dough in each finished valley, as if balls had rolled into them – a fun way to count the valleys your child drew alone.