Printable Tracing Lines
Trace-along patterns that get a child's hand ready for writing. Print on A4 and practice together at the table.
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Zigzags Tracing Worksheet — Large Patterns, Draw from the Model, 4 Rows, Ages 5–6
Sharp peaks up and down, four large rows long: your 5–6 year old sees one solid zigzag tooth and one dashed one, then keeps the jagged line going on their own.
1 A4 page
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Springs Tracing Worksheet — Large Patterns, Draw from the Model, 4 Rows, Ages 5–6
Springs are loops squeezed close together so they overlap like a stretched coil; on this large card a 5–6 year old sees two solid loops, traces the dashed ones and coils on alone.
1 A4 page
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Loops Tracing Worksheet — Large Patterns, Draw from the Model, 4 Rows, Ages 5–6
One big solid loop and one dashed loop open each of the four large rows, and then the pencil keeps looping on its own: a pre-cursive challenge for children aged 5–6.
1 A4 page
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Small Waves Tracing Worksheet — Large Patterns, Draw from the Model, 4 Rows, Ages 5–6
Tight little waves run through the middle of four large rows; once your 5–6 year old has followed the solid and dashed pairs, the rest of each row is drawn freehand.
1 A4 page
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Waves Tracing Worksheet — Large Patterns, Draw from the Model, 4 Rows, Ages 5–6
Big rolling waves, four rows of them, but only the first wave is solid and the next is dashed; after that, a 5–6 year old keeps the wave going across the page alone.
1 A4 page
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Mixed Patterns Tracing Worksheet — Every Row Different, Medium, Half Tracing, 5 Rows, Ages 5–6
No row repeats on this card: squares, springs, clouds, valleys and bridges fill the five medium rows, each traced to the middle and finished freehand by children aged 5–6.
1 A4 page
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Mixed Patterns Tracing Worksheet — 4 Patterns, Medium, Half Tracing, 5 Rows, Ages 5–6
Four patterns share this card: crosses open and close it, with triangles, clouds and slanted lines in between, across five medium half-traced rows for ages 5–6.
1 A4 page
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Mixed Patterns Tracing Worksheet — 3 Patterns, Medium, Half Tracing, 5 Rows, Ages 5–6
Hearts, zigzags and crosses rotate down the five medium rows of this card, so a 5–6 year old switches between curves, peaks and crossing lines, with half of each row traced.
1 A4 page
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Mixed Patterns Tracing Worksheet — 2 Patterns, Medium, Half Tracing, 5 Rows, Ages 5–6
Round and straight take turns on this card: spirals in rows 1, 3 and 5, vertical lines in rows 2 and 4, each medium row half traced for children aged 5–6.
1 A4 page
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Crosses Tracing Worksheet — Medium Patterns, Half Tracing, 5 Rows, Ages 5–6
Rows of X-shaped crosses give children aged 5–6 practice with two diagonal strokes that meet in the middle, traced over the first half of five medium rows.
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Clouds Tracing Worksheet — Medium Patterns, Half Tracing, 5 Rows, Ages 5–6
Puffy three-bump clouds line up on the bottom guide line of this card, giving 5–6 year olds five medium rows of arches: half traced, half drawn by themselves.
1 A4 page
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Squares Tracing Worksheet — Medium Patterns, Half Tracing, 5 Rows, Ages 5–6
Neat little boxes in a line: each medium row starts with a solid square, continues with dashed squares to the middle and then leaves space for a 5–6 year old’s own.
1 A4 page