Why mazes help
A maze asks a child to plan ahead, look before they move and keep a pencil inside a path. That is the same eye and hand control they need for writing letters between the lines, which is why mazes sit so well next to tracing practice in preschool and Kinder.
Four levels
- Easy. Wide paths and few turns, for children just holding a pencil.
- Medium. More choices and a few dead ends.
- Hard. Long paths that wind across the page.
- Expert. Narrow paths and many dead ends, for older children who like a challenge.
Mazes for every season
Pick Halloween, winter, spring or another season and the pictures and page border change to match. Each PDF can hold up to 20 mazes, so one download covers a week of early finishers.
MATATAG links
- KinderPhysical health and motor development, with fine motor control built through art and hands-on activities.
Mazes are not in any DepEd guide. They earn a place in Kinder as pencil-control practice before letters, alongside the art and fine motor work the Kindergarten guide asks for.
Talk through the path in Filipino or English as children go: kaliwa (left), kanan (right), taas (up) and baba (down). The winter and autumn themes follow a northern calendar, so animals, the sea, space and school suit Philippine classrooms better.
Summarised in our own words from DepEd’s MATATAG Kindergarten Curriculum Guide (2023).
