Mazes for Teachers
Explore printable and digital mazes for kids created by teachers for your elementary classroom! This collection of curriculum-aligned teaching resources is full of options designed to make students think logically and strategically to find the correct path in their maze!
Boost engagement and challenge students to use critical thinking, spatial reasoning and more to solve mazes that integrate their core subjects into fun puzzles.
Looking for fresh ways to use mazes in the classroom? Read on for a primer from our teacher team!
What Is a Maze? A Kid-Friendly Definition
Sure, you know what a maze is, but how do you introduce these games to your students?
Try this kid-friendly definition to explain mazes to your class: A maze is a fun puzzle filled with different paths and walls. It's a puzzle you have to solve by finding your way from start to finish. Sometimes there are twists and turns, dead ends and tricky choices, so you have to think carefully to figure out the right path to reach the end.
Ideas to Use Mazes in the Classroom
This collection of math mazes, ELA puzzles and more ensures you don't have to hit the web for tutorials on how to make mazes that will keep you up until the wee hours. But aside from the obvious, how do you incorporate them into the classroom?
- Use mazes for enrichment for early finishers. A challenging maze is so fun your fast finishers won't realize they're still practicing their skills!
- Add them to your prize chest. Mix up your prize chest with a little brain game.
- Send them home in holiday and summer break packets. Want to prevent that learning loss that can occur over a long break from school? A fun math maze can help keep those brains fresh!
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Uppercase and Lowercase Letter Maze - 'Qq'
A fun maze to use when learning how to identify uppercase and lowercase letters.
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Math Mazes (Equivalent Fractions, Decimals, and Percentages)
Determine equivalent fractions, decimals, and percentages with this puzzling math maze.
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Uppercase and Lowercase Letter Maze - 'Bb'
A fun maze to use when learning how to identify uppercase and lowercase letters.
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Elapsed Time - Math Maze Worksheets
Find start times, end times, and time elapsed to find your way through our printable Elapsed Time Math maze worksheets.
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Area of a Parallelogram – Differentiated Math Mazes
Determine the area of different parallelograms with a set of differentiated math mazes.
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Converting Units of Length - Math Mazes
Strengthen measurement conversion skills while converting units of length with this set of math mazes.
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Uppercase and Lowercase Letter Maze - 'Xx'
A fun maze to use when learning how to identify uppercase and lowercase letters.
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Uppercase and Lowercase Letter Maze - 'Tt'
A fun maze to use when learning how to identify uppercase and lowercase letters.
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Uppercase and Lowercase Letter Maze - 'Jj'
A fun maze to use when learning how to identify uppercase and lowercase letters.
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Rainforest Maze
A fun, rainforest-themed maze for students to complete.
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Time to the Hour and Half Hour - Math Mazes
Engage your students with exciting telling time practice activities with a set of printable Time to the Hour and Half Hour Math Mazes.
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Time in Minutes - Math Maze Worksheets
Tell time to the nearest minute while finding your way through this set of 2nd/3rd Grade Telling Time to the Minute Math mazes.
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Time Conversion Math Maze Worksheets
Convert units of time while finding your way through this set of 3 Time Conversion math mazes.
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Interior Angles of Shapes – Differentiated Mazes
Explore the interior angles of regular shapes with this differentiated, maze-inspired worksheet.
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10 More, 10 Less - Differentiated Mazes
Delight your students with this maze challenge, to practice calculating 10 more or 10 less than a value within 120.
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Equivalent Fractions – Differentiated Math Mazes
Practice your understanding of equivalent fractions with this set of differentiated math mazes.
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Dividing Decimals Math Mazes
Review how to divide a decimal by a decimal and a whole number with this set of math mazes.
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Decimal Patterns – Math Mazes
Find your way through this set of math mazes by determining the addition or subtraction pattern in a sequence of decimal numbers.
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Counting by 10's Maze
Find the fun and learn to skip count by 10s up to 100 with this engaging maze activity!
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Uppercase and Lowercase Letter Maze - 'Zz'
A fun maze to use when learning how to identify uppercase and lowercase letters.
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Uppercase and Lowercase Letter Maze - 'Yy'
A fun maze to use when learning how to identify uppercase and lowercase letters.
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Uppercase and Lowercase Letter Maze - 'Ww'
A fun maze to use when learning how to identify uppercase and lowercase letters.
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Uppercase and Lowercase Letter Maze - 'Vv'
A fun maze to use when learning how to identify uppercase and lowercase letters.
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Uppercase and Lowercase Letter Maze - 'Uu'
A fun maze to use when learning how to identify uppercase and lowercase letters.
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Uppercase and Lowercase Letter Maze - 'Ss'
A fun maze to use when learning how to identify uppercase and lowercase letters.
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Dinosaur Mazes
A set of 6 fun mazes with a dinosaur theme.
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Underwater Escape! - Maze
A fun marine themed maze for students to complete when learning about oceans.
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Telling Time Math Mazes - 5 Minutes
Tell time to the nearest five-minute mark and have fun with a printable pack of Telling Time math mazes.
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Christmas Maze Printables - Holiday Vocabulary
Boost vocabulary skills and bring some Christmas spirit to your classroom with a pair of printable Christmas vocabulary worksheets!
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Christmas Activity Printables - Holiday Puzzles
Have some word-friendly Christmas fun with a pack of printable Christmas word games for kids.
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Place Value Worksheets for 2nd Grade - Thanksgiving Math Mazes
Save the turkey and match numbers, words, and expanded forms of numbers with a fun set of printable 2nd-grade Thanksgiving Math maze worksheets.
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Perimeter of Composite Shapes Maze
Use this perimeter maze when teaching your students how to calculate the perimeter of composite shapes.