Maze
Pathfinding: Maze — Challenge
Planning and visual problem solving. Visual planning from start to finish.
Find a path from START to FINISH without crossing a wall.
What this resource includes
Learning fit
- Ages
- Ages 9–12
- Best starting age
- Ages 9–12
- Skills
- Logic & reasoning, Visual discrimination
- Learning setting
- Independent
Print-ready setup
- Paper
- A4
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Page layout
- 1 × 1
- Copies
- 1
A peek inside
This resource is generated fresh in the creator, ready for the selected age and print setup.
Teach it well
Planning and visual problem solving. Plan a route, monitor progress, and revise a path after reaching a barrier.
Materials & preparation
- One printed learner copy; keep the answer view separate when provided
- Pencil and eraser
- Model and teach
- Think aloud through one example, including how you notice and correct a mistake. Then use this learner direction: Find a path from START to FINISH without crossing a wall. Trace the first few moves with a finger and name the decision at one junction.
- Support
- Make the success criteria visible, allow an independent attempt, and give one targeted cue instead of the answer.
- Stretch
- Ask the learner to justify a method and consider an alternative. Compare two valid examples and explain one meaningful similarity or difference.
- Check for understanding
- Ask the learner to make one choice and explain the clue or relationship used.