Two Large Mazes for Ages 8-10 — Set 415629
Reaching the exit is only half the job on this sheet: children aged 8 to 10 solve two large 16×12 mazes and then prove each route by following it in reverse, from exit to entrance.
1 A4 page · for home and classroom use
Maze: large (ages 8+)
How to use this worksheet
- Draw the route through the first maze in pencil, starting at the entrance.
- Put a colored pencil on the exit and dot along the drawn line back to the entrance, stopping to look closely at every corner.
- Any dot that would have to jump a wall shows a slip; fix it, check that stretch again, then do the same with maze number two.
What this worksheet teaches
Checking one's own answer is a habit that pays off across school, and a maze makes it concrete. On a 192-cell grid it is easy for a pencil line to cut a corner or slip through a thin wall when the solver rushes, so the backwards pass catches real mistakes. It also shows that the one correct path is the same from either end.
Play idea
Try the mirror check. On the way forwards, your child notes the first ten turns as L or R, seen from the traveler's point of view. On the backwards check, they note the same ten turns again as the line returns to the entrance. The new list should be the old one in reverse order, with every L swapped for R and every R for L.