
Help the Pig Find the Mud Puddle — Level 2
A 10 by 10 color maze for ages 4–5 — 53 squares from the pig to the mud puddle, along the only route through.
- Suitable for
- Ages 4–5
- Pages
- 1 page
- Level
- Medium
- 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
The only goal in the series a child would be told off for going near, which is exactly why it works. A pig heading for a mud puddle gets a laugh before the pencil moves, and a page that starts with a laugh gets finished more often than one that starts with an instruction.
Ten cells across puts the corridors a little over one and a half centimeters wide. Still wide enough for a pencil held in a whole-hand grip, but narrow enough that staying inside the lines is now part of the task rather than a given.
The way through runs 53 squares and turns 31 times, with 14 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.