Two Small Mazes for Ages 4-5 — Set 64988
Library story time often ends with a room full of excited listeners, and two 8×6 mazes on one page help four- and five-year-olds turn that energy into a quiet retelling.
1 A4 page · for home and classroom use
Maze: small (ages 4-5)
How to use this worksheet
- Solve the first maze, then add three small dots along the finished route: one near the entrance, one in the middle and one near the exit.
- At each dot, pause and ask what happened in that part of the book: the beginning, the middle and the end.
- Use the second maze for "what happens next?": your child invents a new adventure and tells it while drawing the route.
What this worksheet teaches
Retelling a story in order is an early literacy skill, and a maze route gives that order a physical shape. The small grids still practice planning a path, looking along corridors and careful crayon control, and they need no reading, which suits mixed story-time groups.
Play idea
Give the second maze a sequel title chosen by your child and written above it by a grown-up, such as "The Bear Goes Home Again". Then the child tells the sequel to the librarian or a parent.
Questions and answers
Questions from parents
How can a librarian use this page with a big group?
Hand out copies after the reading, with crayons on the tables, and let carers help the youngest children find each entrance.
What if the order of events gets muddled?
Flick back through the book together at each dot; retelling with the pages in view is still good practice.
What is the point of having a second maze on the page?
The first maze retells the book and the second invites a new ending, so the page covers both remembering and imagining.