Two Medium Mazes for Ages 6-8 — Set 455224
Math hides inside these two medium 12×9 mazes: once each route is drawn, a child aged 6 to 8 counts every turn along it, tallies in fives and compares the totals.
1 A4 page · for home and classroom use
Maze: medium (ages 6-7)
How to use this worksheet
- Solve both mazes first, so the counting starts from a finished route.
- Walk a finger along the first route from the entrance and say 'turn' at every corner, adding a tally mark in the margin in groups of five.
- Repeat for the second maze and write 'more' beside the route with the bigger total.
What this worksheet teaches
Counting turns brings math into the puzzle: tallying, grouping in fives and comparing two numbers. It also makes children look carefully along a finished path, one of the best ways to train attention to detail. Saying 'turn' aloud with each move also helps children who lose track in long counts. Solving the two medium mazes first still exercises planning, visual scanning and pencil control.
Play idea
Split the tally into left and right. For a harder round, draw two columns, L and R. At each corner your child decides whether a traveler walking the path would turn left or right; rotating the sheet so the path points up the page makes it easier to judge.