Two Small Mazes for Ages 4-5 — Set 827417
Coming in from the playground, 4- and 5-year-olds are often still bouncing, and the top maze on this sheet of two small 8×6 mazes gives them a calm landing before the next lesson.
1 A4 page · for home and classroom use
Maze: small (ages 4-5)
How to use this worksheet
- Place a sheet and a crayon at each seat before the children come back inside.
- Invite them to land at their tables and solve the top maze as a quiet settling task.
- Keep the bottom maze for another transition later in the day, such as after lunch.
What this worksheet teaches
A small 48-cell maze is short enough to finish in a few minutes, so it bridges two activities without becoming a lesson of its own. The task slows breathing and movement, directs attention to one clear goal and gives every child a small success before new instructions begin.
Play idea
Play aeroplanes. Children fly in from outside with arms spread and land at their tables. The maze is the taxiway from the runway to the gate: when the crayon reaches the exit, the plane is parked, engines off, and the child folds their arms to show they are ready.