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Help the Dolphin Find the Coral Reef — Level 3

Swim the dolphin to the coral reef: a 12 by 12 color maze for ages 4–5 whose 75-square route turns 55 times.

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

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What your child practices

  • Keeps a line on course through constant changes of direction
  • Stays calm when the route keeps doubling back
  • Learns that coral reefs are built by tiny animals

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.

Coral reefs look like rock but are built by tiny animals called coral polyps, and they shelter a huge number of fish. Dolphins find their way partly by echolocation, clicking and listening for the echoes. Ask your child how a dolphin might hear a dead end before swimming into it. This route almost never runs straight, which is what makes it hard.

There is exactly one way through: no loops, and no square cut off from the rest.

How to use this sheet

Make a clicking sound at every turn as the finger moves, like a dolphin checking its way; there are a lot of clicks on this one. Take the pencil stage slowly, because with so many corners, short strokes work better than long ones.

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