Large Maze for Ages 8-10 — Set 769779

This 16×12 maze has only one correct path, so the comparison game is played at the forks: an 8- to 10-year-old weighs up the two branches and predicts which one really leads on.

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All printables: Mazes

Maze: large (ages 8+)

How to use this worksheet

Find the first fork after the entrance and ask your child to follow both corridors with their eyes as far as they can.
They choose the more promising branch and say why, for example 'this one heads toward the exit side'.
Draw it; if it dead-ends, they come back and take the other branch, keeping a tally of correct predictions.

What this worksheet teaches

Comparing options before committing is at the heart of problem solving, and a large 192-cell maze offers many forks to practice on. Children learn to use clues such as direction and distance to the exit, and to accept that a reasonable guess can still be wrong. Tracking correct predictions shows how their judgement improves over the course of one maze.

Play idea

Play 'route referee': at a fork, a parent follows one branch with a finger and your child the other, each arguing why theirs is the way out. Then draw the winner, since only one branch carries on to the exit.

Questions and answers

Questions from parents

Can my child look for the shortest route?

There is only one correct path, so the real comparison is between the two branches at each fork, and only one of them leads on.

Is prediction better than trial and error?

Both are useful; predicting first saves time in large mazes, and trial and error checks whether the prediction was right.

How many forks will my child meet?

It depends on the random layout of set 769779, but a 16×12 grid usually has plenty of decision points along the way.