Two Medium Mazes for Ages 6-8 — Set 740308
Weeks without lessons can leave planning and pencil skills rusty, and two medium 12×9 mazes are an easy way to keep a 6- to 8-year-old in practice over the summer.
1 A4 page · for home and classroom use
Maze: medium (ages 6-7)
How to use this worksheet
- Make a skills jar with lolly sticks labelled 'maze', 'read', 'count' and 'draw', and let your child pull one stick each morning.
- When a 'maze' stick comes up, solve one of the two mazes on this sheet.
- File the finished sheet with other holiday work, ready to show the new teacher when school starts again.
What this worksheet teaches
The 12×9 grid is a comfortable level for this age: challenging enough to require looking ahead, familiar enough to finish in one sitting. Short, regular practice keeps up concentration, visual scanning and controlled drawing, the skills that tend to feel stiff again in the first week back at school.
Play idea
Keep a skills calendar. Each day gets a small symbol for the activity pulled from the jar. When both mazes from this sheet are done, your child adds a gold star and chooses a bonus summer outing.
Questions and answers
Questions from parents
Is one sheet enough for the whole summer?
No, it covers two practice days; print further medium mazes from the series to keep the skills jar stocked.
Why medium mazes rather than harder ones?
The aim over summer is to keep skills steady, not to struggle, and the 12×9 size gives regular success without boredom.
Can my child do the mazes on holiday?
Yes, the sheet needs only a pencil, so it travels easily to a campsite, a beach or grandparents' house.