Two Small Mazes for Ages 4-5 — Set 114707
After story time at the library, these two 8×6 mazes let 4- and 5-year-olds carry the story on by guiding a character from the book through each maze.
1 A4 page · for home and classroom use
Maze: small (ages 4-5)
How to use this worksheet
- Keep a few printed copies in the library bag, ready for after the session.
- Ask your child to choose a character from the story they just heard and a place from the book that the character wants to reach.
- In the first maze the character sets off; in the second they arrive at the place from the book.
- On the way home, ask your child to retell the story with the maze journey added.
What this worksheet teaches
Two small grids are just right for young attention spans after a listening session. Linking the maze to a story builds narrative thinking and memory for what was read aloud, while solving practices looking ahead, following a line and controlling the pencil.
Play idea
Librarians and teachers can hand out the page at the end of story time: children solve the mazes at the table while the book is still open, and each one shares which character they guided.
Questions and answers
Questions from parents
Do these mazes belong to one specific story?
No, the mazes are plain, with no pictures, so they work with any story your child has just heard.
Why two small mazes after story time?
They split the character's journey into a beginning and an end, which helps preschoolers retell the story in order.
Can story-time leaders print this for a group?
Yes, the page is plain black lines with one correct path in each maze, so it prints well in bulk on any printer.