Free printable· Ages 5-6 · K· Puzzle
Medium Maze Quick Sheet
One free page: a bigger 10x12 maze with more turns and dead ends.
Part of: Puzzle path — step 7 of 10
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Medium Maze Quick Sheet (1 page)
Free to print and use at home or in the classroom, as many times as you like.
How to use this
What it builds
The medium maze roughly doubles the grid of the easy version, and the jump is deliberate: a 10x12 grid is too big to take in with a single glance, so a child has to actually track their position as they go, rather than eyeballing the whole solution before starting. That shift — from 'see the answer' to 'find the answer step by step' — is closer to how mazes work at every size an adult encounters them, and it's also a decent proxy for the kind of sustained visual tracking children later need for reading a line of text without losing their place. More dead ends and longer branches mean more backtracking, which is exactly the point: a child who never has to reconsider a choice on this page hasn't been challenged by it.
Ready when
Best for a child who already finishes the easy 6x6 maze quickly and confidently. If the easy maze still takes real effort or several tries, that one is worth repeating (or trying a fresh copy) before stepping up to this size.
How to run it
Print one copy. Let them work independently this time rather than pointing things out — the bigger grid is meant to be worked through with some real trial and error. Five to ten minutes covers the page depending on how many dead ends they explore. A highlighter or different-colour pencil for false starts (without erasing) can turn one maze into a conversation afterward about which paths didn't work and why. Both UK (A4) and US (Letter) paper sizes print from the same download. Works well as an independent quiet-time or waiting-room activity once a child is past the easy-maze stage.
Part of this skill path — step 7 of 10
