Pet & Animal Paths

This engaging worksheet supports students in Preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten as they trace dotted lines to help familiar animals-such as a squirrel, dog, cat, and sheep-reach their matching items. With straight, wavy, and zigzag paths arranged from left to right, learners practice varied pre-writing strokes, visual tracking, fine motor control, and early directionality skills in a playful, easy-to-follow format.

Learning Goals

• Pre-Writing Skills (Early Childhood) – Practice forming straight, wavy, and zigzag lines used in early handwriting
• Fine Motor Development – Strengthen finger dexterity, grip stability, and steady pencil movement
• ELA Foundations – Reinforce left-to-right tracking that supports early reading readiness
• Visual Motor Integration – Distinguish curves and angles while accurately following dotted paths

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource – Designed to align with early handwriting and motor development goals
• Varied Line Practice – Multiple path types build flexible tracing skills and control
• Engaging Theme – Animal-to-object matches add motivation and clear purpose
• Skill Repetition – Multiple rows provide consistent practice and confidence building
• Flexible Use – Ideal for writing centers, morning work, OT support, RTI, or homeschool lessons
• Low Prep – Simple print-and-go worksheet requiring only basic writing tools

This printable pre-writing worksheet helps young learners build confidence with pencil control, directionality, and mixed line formation. By guiding each pet or animal along its path, students strengthen fine motor coordination, visual discrimination, and early writing foundations. Whether used in a classroom or homeschool setting, this worksheet provides an effective and engaging way to reinforce essential pre-writing skills through purposeful, animal-themed tracing practice.

This worksheet is part of our Line Tracing Worksheets Collection.