
Help the Penguin Find the Fish — Level 1
Waddle the penguin to its fish: an 8 by 8 color maze for ages 3–5 with a 27-square route, 16 turns and 7 dead ends.
- Suitable for
- Ages 3–5
- Pages
- 1 page
- Level
- Easy
- Printing
- Color printer
Free, no sign-up. A4 · Print at 100% scale
What your child practices
- Tells the start picture apart from the maze walls
- Moves one square at a time along a route with many corners
- Learns that penguins swim to catch their food
About this worksheet
A penguin drawn in flat black and white, which makes it the one animal in the series that shares its palette with the walls. Children who are still learning to tell picture from puzzle sometimes trace around the penguin before they start; it is worth a moment's pointing to say that the bird is where you begin, not something to draw around.
Penguins cannot fly, but they swim fast underwater to catch fish, steering with their flippers. On land they waddle, or slide along on their bellies, which is a good way to describe how the finger should move: slowly, one square at a time. The black and white penguin shares its colors with the walls, so point out the starting square before your child begins.
There is exactly one way through: no loops, and no square cut off from the rest.
How to use this sheet
Put a finger on the penguin and say "start here" so the bird is not mistaken for part of the maze. Waddle along the route slowly with the finger, then draw it. A blue crayon for the penguin's path makes it stand out against the black lines.