Grades K–1
Big Easy Maze
A big, wide-path maze for little hands: six squares across, with lots of room for a crayon.
Classroom activity · Mazes and problem-solving puzzles
Giant Circle Maze
A round maze with twelve rings and hundreds of turns. Only one way out.
- Grade level
- Grades 4–5
- Time
- About 25 minutes
- Answer key
- Yes, page 2 of the PDF
- Kids practice
- Problem solving, Planning ahead, Visual tracking, Fine motor control
What kids do
“Start in the middle. Find the one way out of this giant round maze. Use a pencil so you can erase.”
Teacher tip
Let kids start from the outside and work in if they get stuck.
How to use it
- Show kids how to work backward from the end when they get stuck.
- Use mazes as a calm, quiet activity after a busy part of the day.
- Let kids work with a partner so they talk through their thinking.
Watch for
Frustration with big mazes. Offer a smaller maze first.
Talk about it
- How did you find the right path?
- What strategy did you use?
Take it further
Time a second try to see if kids get faster.
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More mazes and problem-solving puzzles
Grades K–1
ABC Path Puzzle
Follow the alphabet from A to T through a grid of letters. Letter order practice that feels like a maze.
Grades 3–5
Giant Maze
A 20 by 24 maze that fills the page. One path through and plenty of tricky dead ends.
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