Two Medium Mazes for Ages 5–6
Two different medium mazes share this page, each with 108 squares and 9 dead ends, enough for an older preschooler to practice planning twice in one sitting.
1 A4 page · for home and classroom use
Maze: medium (ages 6-7)
How to use this worksheet
- In both mazes the route begins by heading right along the top from the arrow, then turns down.
- Surprisingly, both routes travel all the way to the bottom-left corner before turning toward the exit on the right.
- The left maze has more places where the path splits (5 against 3), so it needs more decisions even though its route is shorter.
- Solve one maze, take a short break, then do the other.
What this worksheet teaches
Planning several moves ahead is the key skill at five and six, and two mazes on one page give two chances to practice it. The left route passes through 48 squares, the right one through 56. In the right maze a straight corridor runs five squares downward, a handy landmark; in the left one the route runs four squares to the left, away from the exit. Using landmarks to stay oriented is how children later read maps. Each grid is drawn smaller than a single medium maze, so a sharp pencil works better than a crayon.
Variation to try
Ask your child to guess which maze will take longer, then time both with a kitchen timer. Was the guess right? Talk about why a shorter route can still take more time.