Vertical Lines Tracing Worksheet — Medium Patterns, Full Tracing, 4 Rows, Series F, Ages 5–6
Straight down, lift, move over, straight down again: Series F gives 5–6 year olds four fully dashed rows of vertical strokes for practicing a clean start and a firm stop.
1 A4 page · for home and classroom use
Vertical lines
How to use this worksheet
- Begin at the dark dot on the top guide line; the small arrow next to it shows that the row travels to the right.
- Copy the rhythm of the two solid strokes at the start: touch the top line, pull down, stop exactly on the bottom line, lift.
- Spacing varies a little by row: about 24 strokes in the first row, about 18 in the shorter last row, which ends before the mascot.
What this worksheet teaches
Stopping on a line is a separate skill from drawing it. Children who can pull a stroke down often overshoot the bottom guide or stop in mid-air, and the same thing later makes letters uneven in height. Four fully traced rows let your child repeat the stop dozens of times with a clear target. Counting the strokes in a row is also good number practice, because it pairs one number with one object, just as counting to 20 at school does.
Variation to try
Groups of five: after tracing, your child goes over every fifth stroke in one row with a colored pencil, then counts the row by fives and adds the rest one by one.