Medium Maze for Ages 6-8 — Set 196102
This medium 12×9 maze starts with a blank entrance, and that is the point: a 6- to 8-year-old first draws their own small character there, then guides it to the exit.
1 A4 page · for home and classroom use
Maze: medium (ages 6-7)
How to use this worksheet
- Your child draws a tiny character, animal or vehicle just outside the entrance, no bigger than a fingernail.
- Before solving, they decide what waits at the exit and draw a small symbol for it there.
- Then they draw the character's route through the maze, looking for the one correct path.
What this worksheet teaches
The 108-cell grid is plain black and white with no pictures, so children bring their own imagination to it. Drawing a tiny figure exercises fine motor control, and fitting it into a small space is a lesson in planning on paper. Solving the maze itself trains visual scanning and careful pencil work along narrow corridors.
Play idea
After solving, your child names the character and writes one sentence about the journey, such as: Rocket the snail crawled all the way to the garden.
Questions and answers
Questions from parents
Why doesn't the maze include a character?
The sheet is intentionally a plain grid, so each child can create their own traveler and story.
What should my child draw at the entrance?
Anything small: a robot, a cat, a ball or a car. Keeping it small leaves the corridors free for the path.
Is a 12×9 maze right for a 6-year-old?
For most children it is; at the younger end of the range, a quick finger trace before drawing helps.