Two Medium Mazes for Ages 6-8 — Set 453019
Each of these two medium mazes has only one correct path, so a child aged 6 to 8 compares across the page instead: which maze hides the longer route?
1 A4 page · for home and classroom use
Maze: medium (ages 6-7)
How to use this worksheet
- Before solving, ask your child to guess which of the two 12×9 mazes will have the longer path.
- Solve both mazes, then count the squares the line passes through in each one.
- Compare the two numbers and check the guess: longer, shorter or almost the same?
What this worksheet teaches
Both grids have 108 cells and exactly one way from entrance to exit, so there is no shortcut to choose within a maze, but path lengths differ from maze to maze. Estimating first and measuring afterward introduces the ideas of longer, shorter and difference in a hands-on way. Solving still practices planning, scanning and pencil control.
Play idea
Step it out: for every square on the first route, your child takes one heel-to-toe step across the room and puts a sock where they stop. Then they do the same for the second route and see which sock lies further from the wall.