First Maze Worksheet for Toddlers and Preschoolers (Ages 3-4)
Our smallest maze size, 8 squares across and 6 down, has wide corridors and one route, so a three-year-old can find the way by finger first, then with a crayon.
1 A4 page · for home and classroom use
Maze: small (ages 4-5)
How to use this worksheet
- Show your child the arrow on the left at the top: that is the way in. The small circle on the right at the bottom is the way out.
- Trace the route with a finger first; the correct path takes one step right and then heads down.
- When the finger knows the way, repeat it with a thick crayon, staying between the walls.
- At a dead end, go back to the last place where the path split and try the other way.
What this worksheet teaches
A maze asks a child to plan a movement before making it, to look a little ahead of the hand. Here the route passes through 19 of the 48 squares and turns many times, so the crayon keeps changing direction, which builds control for drawing and, later, writing. Eight dead ends show that a wrong turn is no disaster: you simply go back. Because the maze has exactly one route and no loops, every child who keeps trying reaches the circle, and finishing alone matters a lot at three.
Play idea
Drive a toy car from the arrow to the circle before any drawing. Then the crayon makes the same trip.