Two Medium Mazes for Ages 6-8 — Set 79522
The rule for this page is simple: first find the way with a finger, then draw it with a pencil, and the two 12×9 mazes let a six-to-eight-year-old try that method twice.
1 A4 page · for home and classroom use
Maze: medium (ages 6-7)
How to use this worksheet
- In the first maze, your child walks a fingertip from the entrance to the exit, backing up at every dead end without leaving a mark.
- Only when the finger reaches the exit does the pencil come out to draw the route in one clean line.
- Repeat the two-step method in the second maze and compare: did the pencil need an eraser this time?
What this worksheet teaches
Tracing with a finger separates thinking from drawing: the child explores freely, remembers the route and then reproduces it. That strengthens working memory and planning, while the pencil stage trains line control inside the corridors of a 108-square grid.
Play idea
Call the finger the scout and the pencil the builder. The scout explores the paths, and the builder may only lay road where the scout has already been.
Questions and answers
Questions from parents
Why not go straight to the pencil?
Drawing too early fills the maze with crossings and erasures; finger tracing lets children test ideas without messing up the page.
What if my child forgets the route between finger and pencil?
That is normal at first; let them trace again, perhaps in shorter sections, until the path is remembered.
Are the two mazes different?
Yes, both are 12×9, but each has its own layout, entrance, exit and one correct route.