Medium Maze for Ages 6-8 — Set 671242
Many children aged 6 to 8 dive into a maze and hit wall after wall; this 12×9 maze is a chance to teach them to stop, look ahead and spot dead ends before the pencil gets there.
1 A4 page · for home and classroom use
Maze: medium (ages 6-7)
How to use this worksheet
- Before drawing, ask your child to find three dead ends with their eyes and mark each one with a small dot.
- Then look at the first junction and ask which way seems to lead toward the exit.
- Draw the route only after checking a few corridors ahead; if it still ends at a wall, go back to the last junction.
What this worksheet teaches
A medium grid has enough branching corridors that guessing wastes time, which makes the benefit of planning obvious to a young child. The activity trains forward thinking, visual scanning along long passages, and the flexible habit of changing a plan when new information appears.
Play idea
Play 'dead-end detective': your child earns a point for every dead end spotted before drawing and loses a point for each one entered with the pencil. Finishing with a positive score is the goal.
Questions and answers
Questions from parents
How can I tell whether my child is planning or guessing?
Watch the pencil: if it pauses at junctions while the eyes travel ahead, your child is planning; if it races and reverses often, try the dot game above.
Is working back from the exit allowed?
Yes, starting from the exit is a smart strategy on a 12×9 maze and teaches that problems can be solved from either end.
Does the maze have only one solution?
Yes, there is one correct path from the entrance to the exit, and the side corridors lead to dead ends.