Valleys Tracing Worksheet — Medium Patterns, Half Tracing, 5 Rows, Ages 5–6
Downward curves joined at the top – often called garlands – fill five medium rows on this card for 5–6-year-olds, with dots for about half of each row.
1 A4 page · for home and classroom use
Valleys
How to use this worksheet
- Start at the dot near the upper line, swing down into the valley and back up to the top.
- Keep going without lifting the pencil; each valley starts where the last one ended.
- In the freehand half, keep the bottom of each valley round and close to the lower guide line.
What this worksheet teaches
Garlands are the natural movement of relaxed, joined writing: the letters u, w and y in print, and many connecting strokes in cursive, use the same down-and-up curve. For 5–6-year-olds, practicing them at medium size trains a smooth, regular movement at almost the scale of writing. Half tracing over five rows checks that the child can keep the curves even in depth and width. Because valleys move the opposite way to bridges, doing both builds flexibility in curve direction.
Play idea
Make a real garland: cut the best row from a second printed copy as a strip and hang it across a toy shelf or a doorway.