Trace the number 8: free printable tracing worksheet
आठ · चलो गिनती सीखें!
- Age
- 3–6
- Pages
- 1
- Paper
- A4
- Language
- हिं + En
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About this sheet
What is on the page, and how to get the most out of it.
The number 8 drawn as a knotted rope, with a dotted 8 beside it to trace.
This is the hardest of the ten. An 8 is a single unbroken stroke that crosses back through its own middle and closes two loops, one above and one below, in opposite directions. Nothing else in the set asks for that.
Two things usually go wrong. The stroke crosses in the wrong place, so the top and bottom loops end up different sizes, or the child gives up on the crossing and draws two circles stacked instead. The second is very common and worth noticing rather than correcting sharply, because two stacked circles show the child understands the shape even if the hand cannot yet make it in one movement.
The rope is an unusually good picture for this. A knot genuinely does cross over itself, which is precisely the movement the digit needs.
Leave this one until 6 and 9 are comfortable, since both loop directions are needed here.
आठ appears beside EIGHT in the speech bubble.
What your child practises
The hardest digit here. One unbroken stroke crossing itself and closing two loops in opposite directions.
- Crossing a stroke back through its own path
- Closing two loops in one movement
- Turning both clockwise and anticlockwise
- Linking the numeral 8 to आठ and eight
Common questions
My child draws two circles instead of one 8.
That is very common and shows they understand the shape even though the hand cannot yet make it in one movement. The single stroke usually arrives a few months later.
When should we try the 8?
After 6 and 9 are comfortable. The 8 needs both loop directions, so meeting each one separately first makes it much less frustrating.
