Medium Maze for Ages 6-8 — Set 524290
Set 524290 turns a single 12×9 maze into a short lesson in direction words, as a 6- to 8-year-old says 'up', 'down', 'left' or 'right' for every stretch of the route they draw.
1 A4 page · for home and classroom use
Maze: medium (ages 6-7)
How to use this worksheet
- Write a small L on your child's left hand and an R on the right, or stick labelled notes on the sides of the sheet.
- Ask your child to say the direction aloud before drawing each straight part of the path.
- When the maze is solved, read the route back together as a list of words, for example 'right, down, left, down'.
What this worksheet teaches
A medium maze of 108 cells has plenty of turns, so a child repeats the four direction words many times in a natural context. Linking each word to a movement on paper helps fix the difference between left and right, which many children still mix up at this age. The maze also practices planning, because the direction must be decided before the pencil moves.
Play idea
Once the path is drawn, turn it into instructions for a grown-up: your child reads out the directions while you trace the route with your finger without looking at the line. If you end up in a dead end, the two of you hunt for the word that went wrong.