Small Maze for Ages 4-5 — Set 566090

A visit to the doctor can make a 4- or 5-year-old nervous, and a small 8×6 maze gives busy hands and a busy mind something friendly to do until their name is called.

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All printables: Mazes

Maze: small (ages 4-5)

How to use this worksheet

Fold the sheet with the maze outside and tuck it into your bag with a short pencil or a chunky crayon.
Solve it on your lap, using a book or a magazine from the waiting room as a firm surface.
If the wait is short, stop wherever the line has reached and finish the maze at home as a reward for being brave.

What this worksheet teaches

With 48 cells in total, the small grid lets a young child see the entrance, the exit and most corridors at once. Finding the way through gives a quick sense of control in an unfamiliar place, while keeping the line between the walls trains the hand movements needed for early writing.

Play idea

Give the maze a check-up. Your child is the doctor and the pencil is a stethoscope that 'listens' at each corridor. Corridors that end in a wall are feeling poorly and get a tiny dot as a plaster; the healthy corridor that leads all the way to the exit gets the final line.

Questions and answers

Questions from parents

Can a 4-year-old solve this without help in a waiting room?

Most can after you point out the entrance and the exit; the small grid has few junctions, so the route is within reach.

Is playing doctor with the maze a good idea before an appointment?

For many children it is, because it turns the visit into something familiar and playful; if your child is very anxious, simply solve the maze together.

Are there pictures on the sheet to talk about?

No, there is only the maze itself, which keeps the task simple and quiet in a waiting room.