Small Maze for Ages 4-5 — Set 713042
Fingertip first, pencil second: this single small maze is planned for a 4- or 5-year-old who explores the route with a finger before drawing the line.
1 A4 page · for home and classroom use
Maze: small (ages 4-5)
How to use this worksheet
- Place the sheet flat and ask your child to walk a finger slowly from the entrance through the 8×6 grid.
- If the finger hits a dead end, it simply goes back; no marks mean no stress about mistakes.
- Once the finger reaches the exit, your child takes a pencil and draws the same route from memory.
What this worksheet teaches
Solving with a finger separates planning from drawing, which is ideal for preschoolers who are still learning to hold a pencil. The child first discovers the one correct path, then focuses fully on keeping the line between the walls. This two-step habit builds working memory, patience and precise hand movement, and it can be reused for larger mazes later.
Play idea
Call the finger a 'scout' and the pencil the 'builder': the scout finds the safe path, then the builder lays a road along it. Ask the scout to report the route before the builder starts, for example 'down, then round the corner'.