Two Small Mazes for Ages 4-5 — Set 354482
Stop, look, then draw: two small mazes teach children aged 4 to 5 to glance down a corridor and see a dead end before the crayon gets there.
1 A4 page · for home and classroom use
Maze: small (ages 4-5)
How to use this worksheet
- Before any drawing, point together at the entrance and the exit of the first 8×6 maze so the goal is clear.
- At each fork, ask "Where does this way end?" and let the child's eyes run ahead before the crayon moves.
- In the second maze, let the child mark each dead end they spot with a tiny cross before solving.
What this worksheet teaches
Young children often draw first and look later; a small grid makes looking ahead realistic, because each corridor is short enough to follow with the eyes. Spotting a closed end early is a first taste of planning: thinking about the result of a choice before making it. Two mazes on one page allow the skill to be modelled once and tried again straight away.
Play idea
Call dead ends "sleepy corridors". The child walks two fingers along the maze, and whenever the fingers reach a sleepy corridor, they pretend to snore and walk back. Soon they start spotting sleepy corridors before the fingers even go in.