Sun Ray Tracing Worksheet for Preschoolers
Tracing sun rays radiating outward from a circular center gives children ages 3-5 practice changing pencil direction repeatedly within one page, since each ray points a different way from the center, unlike a worksheet where every line runs the same direction. This builds flexible wrist and hand control, along with early spatial awareness of how lines can radiate outward from a single point.
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Pattern Writing Pre-writing Skills Activity Book for 3-4 Year Olds
This is page 13 of the pack. Ages 3-4 · PreschoolAges 3-4 · NurseryAges 3-4
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- Topic:
- Curved Lines
- Skill:
- Curved Lines (Pre-Writing): Trace curved and wavy lines.
- Pack:
- Page 13 of 44 in Pattern Writing Pre-writing Skills Activity Book for 3-4 Year Olds.
How to use this worksheet
Point out the sun's round center and ask your child to notice how each ray points a different direction outward from it. Guide their pencil along each dotted ray line, starting from the center and moving outward, pausing briefly before starting the next ray in a new direction. Work around the sun ray by ray rather than skipping between opposite sides. Color the sun and rays once every line is traced.
Materials needed
- Pencil
- Crayons
Extension activities
- 1Make a paper plate sun craft by gluing ribbon or paper strip rays around the edge of a yellow circle.
- 2Go outside on a sunny day and trace your own shadow with chalk, noticing how it changes through the day.
- 3Do a simple sun salutation yoga sequence together, stretching arms outward like sun rays.
- 4Make a sun catcher using tissue paper and contact paper to hang in a window.
- 5Sing a sunshine song with hand motions that spread outward like rays.
Written by
Hemsweta Jain · Teacher Cheena
MBA and Early Childhood Educator, teaching since 2014 · Founder of RaisoActive, Mumbai
Every RaisoActive worksheet is designed and checked by the founder before publishing.
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