Visual tracking worksheet: 5 tangled strings (hard)
5 strings with many crossings. Free to print, with the answer key on page 2.
US Letter PDF · 2 pages (puzzle and answer key) · 126 KB
- Trains
- Visual tracking
- Level
- Hard
- Ages
- 4+
- Printer
- Black and white is fine
- In the app
- Whoosh! world
Printing on A4? Choose "Fit to page" in the print dialog.
What's on the sheet
- 5 Oopsies, 5 strings, 5 bubbles
- Each string wiggles through 4 crossings zones
- Thinner lines than the easy sheet
Printed instructions: “Follow each string from the Oopsie to its bubble. Try with your eyes first, then check with your finger! Color each bubble like its Oopsie.”
About this follow the strings sheet
Five strings that wiggle up and down and cross many times. Children have to keep their eyes on one string through every crossing, which is exactly what makes following a moving Oopsie in the Whoosh! world hard when the wind blows. Fingers are allowed, and very helpful.
Tips for parents and teachers
- Start with the eyes only, then check with a finger. Were they right?
- A different colored pencil per string turns the sheet into a nice picture, and makes checking easier.
- If five strings is too many, cover two with a sheet of paper.
The skill it trains: visual tracking
Visual tracking is the ability to follow something with the eyes, smoothly and without losing it: a ball flying through the air, a bubble floating away, or a line of text across the page.
Visual tracking: what it is, signs a child finds it hard, and more activities
Play it in Oopsies: Whoosh!
🌬️ Whoosh!
Every so often, a gust of wind sends the Oopsies flying and mixes them up. Children keep their eyes on the Oopsie they are after as it flies, or find it again afterwards. Later gusts come more often and spin the Oopsies around.
More about the Whoosh! worldFree to print and use
- Free for personal, classroom and therapy use. Print as many copies as you need for your children, your class or the children you work with.
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The drawings are © Oopsies (playoopsies.com).
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