Stegosaurus Dot to Dot with Plates and Tail Spikes

Six pointed plates rise along this dinosaur’s back and four tall spikes stand on its tail, and every plate and spike tip has its own dot on all three pages. That turns the line into a long zigzag.

Over the plates and spikes

The tallest plate, in the middle of the back, holds the orange Start star. The numbers head right, dipping between the plates, then zigzag up and down the tail spikes and out to the pointed tip. They come back along the underside of the tail, drop down the back leg and run along the feet, stepping up into the gaps between the legs. Last, the path curves around the head and climbs over the front plates to the star.

The easy line takes two shortcuts. It cuts across the narrow dip between the two plates to the right of the star, where two short gray lines mark the bottom of the dip. It also runs straight past the small gap between the two back legs.

40, 50 or 60 dots

With 40 dots, the easy page for ages 3 to 5 gives the whole head just six dots. The medium page (50 dots, ages 6 to 8) and the hard page (60 dots, ages 9 to 12) spread nine dots around the head, so it comes out rounder. The hard page puts its extra dots into the front plates, the tail spikes and the feet. A gray eye and smile, the line of the back below the plates, the neck and the inner edges of the legs are printed on every page, so children can spot the dinosaur early. The answer pages keep those lines in place. Scaling the page down crowds the numbers around the tail spikes, so the A4 or Letter file is worth printing at 100 percent.