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
Square by Square
Copy the corgi one square at a time. The grid turns a hard drawing into 16 easy ones.
- Grades
- 1–5
- Time
- about 25 minutes
- Kids practice
- grid drawing, proportion, focus
What kids do
“Look at one square, copy it into the same square below. Square by square!”
- Copy this, one square at a time
- Copy each square into the matching square here
How to run it
- Number the squares if it helps: row 1, square 1.
- Copy where lines enter and leave each square.
- Grid drawing is how Kevin’s Draw by Grid books work.
Talk about it
- Which square was hardest?
- Did the grid help?
- Where else could you use a grid?
Take it further
Try a Draw by Grid page from one of Kevin’s books.
Pairs well with
Free for home and classroom use. Print as many copies as you need.
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