Brain games and puzzles
Maze Maker
Design your own maze on squared paper with one true path and lots of dead ends, then swap with a friend.
Thinking sheet · Brain games and puzzles
Help the Robot Home
Guide the robot through the maze to its charging station, then decorate the walls.
- Grades
- K–3
- Time
- about 15 minutes
- Kids practice
- visual tracking, persistence, fine motor control
What kids do
“The robot’s battery is low! Find the path from Start to Finish.”
- Find the way home
- How many dead ends did you bump into?
How to run it
- Trace with a finger first, then with a pencil.
- If you get stuck, go back to the last place with a choice.
- Color the finished path.
Talk about it
- What strategy did you use?
- Did you ever start from the Finish instead?
- How would you make it harder?
Take it further
Draw the robot’s charging station at the Finish.
Pairs well with
Free for home and classroom use. Print as many copies as you need.
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