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Help the Dolphin Find the Coral Reef — Level 3

A 12 by 12 color maze for ages 4–5 — 75 squares from the dolphin to the coral reef, along the only route through.

Suitable for
Ages 4–5
Pages
1 page
Level
Challenging
Printing
Color printer

Free, no sign-up. A4 · Print at 100% scale

What your child practices

  • Plans a route before committing a pencil to it
  • Recognizes a dead end and backs out of it
  • Holds concentration through a long, multi-step task
  • Keeps a drawn line inside a boundary

About this worksheet

Fifty-five changes of direction across 75 squares: this route almost never runs straight, and that is what makes it hard rather than its length. A child who is comfortable on a long, open level 3 sheet can still come unstuck here.

Twelve cells across brings the corridors down to about one and a third centimeters. At that width the pencil work is genuinely part of the difficulty, so these sheets suit a child who has already stopped needing to rest their whole hand on the page to draw a straight line.

The way through runs 75 squares and turns 55 times, with 17 dead ends branching off it. The grid is carved so that exactly one route connects the start to the finish: no loops, no second way round, and no corner walled off from the rest. Every square can be reached, and a child who follows the route carefully will always get there.

How to use this sheet

Trace the route with a finger first, then go over it with a pencil. Separating the thinking from the pencil work means neither one spoils the other.

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