Mazes Teaching Resources

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?

1. 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!
2. Add them to your prize chest. Mix up your prize chest with a little brain game.
3. 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!