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Spider Maze Challenge – Free Printable

This Spider Maze Challenge is a great activity to add to your collection of activities for October or anytime of year. You need to follow the pattern at the top of the page to color in the spiders in the correct order. The puzzle is from the complete Spider Activity Packet.

You can download the maze for free at the bottom of the post.

HOW TO COMPLETE THE SPIDER MAZE PATTERN CHALLENGE

  • Download the puzzle PDF page and print it.
  • Provide the students with orange, purple, black, and green crayons, markers or dot markers.
  • Starting with the orange spider at the top of the page, follow the pattern at the top to color in the rest of the spiders (for example the next spider would be colored purple)

WHAT SKILLS ARE STUDENTS WORKING ON WITH THIS PUZZLE?

This one page spider themed puzzle encourages a variety of skills:

  • Visual Motor Skills: The coordination of visual perception and hand movement, allowing students to efficiently use their eyes to guide their hands during tasks like writing or assembling puzzles.
  • Visual Tracking Skills: The ability to smoothly follow moving objects or lines with the eyes, essential for reading, copying from a board, and solving puzzles that require scanning.
  • Visual Spatial Skills: The capacity to understand and organize visual information in terms of space, enabling students to recognize object relationships, distances, and orientations within a puzzle or in their environment.
  • Fine Motor Skills: The ability to control small, precise movements, particularly in the hands and fingers, which are necessary for tasks such as manipulating puzzle pieces or using tools like pencils or scissors.

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DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE SPIDER MAZE HERE

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