mazes: workbook 8.2

16x16 escape mazes

workbook 2

Why maze solving activities are important

Maze solving preserve and sharpen executive functioning skills and visual-motor integration. When we approach a maze our eyes scan it while our brains search for various strategies and apply most promising ones in each particular task.

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Mazes stimulate hand-eye coordination and hand/fingers fine-motor control. Solving mazes also contribute to improved patience and frustration tolerance. 

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Worksheets and activities in this workbook

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Mazes in each workbook range from easy to gradually more challenging ones. It is recommended to start with simple mazes, and then work towards more challenging tasks.

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Instead of a one-step process we can solve mazes in three steps: first by moving a finger over the path, then by a pencil, and at last with the marker. Solving the same maze task three times allow the required skills and strategies to sink-in better. Another way to make a maze more challenging is solving it in a single stroke without stopping or going back. This way each maze must be first solved in our mind, before drawing the solution on the paper.