Large Maze for Ages 8-10 — Set 629442
An explorer is trapped in a mountain cave with a fading torch, and only an 8- to 10-year-old reading this large 16×12 maze can guide them out before the light runs out.
1 A4 page · for home and classroom use
Maze: large (ages 8+)
How to use this worksheet
- Tell the opening of the story: the explorer entered the cave at the entrance and must reach daylight at the exit.
- Draw a battery with ten bars in the margin; each dead end your child enters costs one bar.
- Solve the maze and see how many bars are left when the explorer steps outside.
What this worksheet teaches
A story gives the long route on a 192-cell grid a purpose, which helps children stay with it. The battery rule rewards looking ahead, because every careless turn visibly drains the torch, and narrating the explorer's choices builds sequencing skills that also help with story writing in class.
Play idea
Set up base camp radio. A parent plays base camp and writes down each message the explorer sends at major forks, such as 'Base, heading east along the long tunnel'. At the exit, read the messages back in order: together they form the story of the escape.