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Kindergarten Life Science Worksheets

15 kindergarten life science worksheets. Teacher favorites: Animal Words Matching Worksheet and Senses Sight Worksheet. How teachers use these

Kindergarten Life Science Worksheets

15 kindergarten life science worksheets. Teacher favorites: Animal Words Matching Worksheet and Senses Sight Worksheet. How teachers use these

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WorksheetKindergartenAnimal Words Matching Worksheet

This animal words matching worksheet has Kindergarten students match four animal names to their pictures, then trace three more. Answer key included for fast, no-prep science and sight-word practice.

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WorksheetKindergartenSenses Sight Worksheet

This senses sight worksheet asks kindergarten students to circle the objects that help their eyes see, then color four shapes. An answer key is included, so children learn what sight tells them about the world.

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WorksheetKindergartenSenses Taste Worksheet

This Senses Taste Worksheet asks Kindergarten students to circle the things they can taste and color four shapes, with an answer key included, so the sense of taste becomes a rule a young child can use.

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WorksheetKindergartenSenses Writing Worksheet

This senses writing worksheet has Kindergarten students look at five body parts and write the sense word that matches each one. Answer key included — an easy, no-prep way to build five senses vocabulary and handwriting at once.

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WorksheetKindergartenFish Parts Worksheet

This Fish Parts Worksheet has kindergarten students label the eye, fin, mouth, and tail on a big numbered fish using a word box. An answer key is included for fast, easy checking.

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WorksheetKindergartenBasic Fish Parts Worksheet

This Basic Fish Parts Worksheet asks 1st graders to label six numbered parts on a big, friendly fish using a word box. An answer key is included, so science practice takes no prep at all.

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WorksheetKindergartenGrowing from Seeds Worksheet

A picture-based Growing from Seeds Worksheet that asks Kindergarten students to spot what grows from a seed and number a sunflower's four life cycle stages. Answer key included, so it is ready to print and teach.

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WorksheetKindergartenDrawing Farm Animals Worksheet

This Drawing Farm Animals Worksheet has Kindergarten students name a sheep, a cow, and a pig from a word box, then draw a farm animal of their own. Answer key included, so checking takes seconds.

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WorksheetKindergartenFarm Animals Examples Worksheet

With this farm animals examples worksheet, kindergarten kids circle the one farm animal in each row of pictures. A fun animal sorting page for young scientists, with an answer key.

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WorksheetKindergartenDrawing Ocean Animals Worksheet

This Drawing Ocean Animals Worksheet asks Kindergarten learners to circle the animals that live in the sea, then draw one of their own. An answer key is included, so sorting practice takes no prep at all.

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WorksheetKindergartenSenses Draw and Write Worksheet

This senses draw and write worksheet has kindergarten students draw something they see, hear, smell, and taste, then finish a sentence about touch to practice early science writing.

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WorksheetKindergartenSeeds Draw and Write Worksheet

This seeds draw and write worksheet helps kindergarten students show how a seed grows, from a decorated seed packet to planting, plant needs and the finished plant, building early science and writing skills.

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WorksheetKindergartenAnimal Pictures Beginning Sounds Worksheet

The animal pictures beginning sounds worksheet gives kindergarten students nine animal cards and one letter to write on each. An answer key is included, so a child can practice letter sounds with no prep.

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WorksheetKindergartenFrog, Bird, Turtle, Polar Bear Animal Habitats Worksheet

This animal habitats worksheet asks kindergarten students to match a frog, bird, sea turtle, and polar bear to their homes and draw each habitat. An answer key is included for quick checking.

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WorksheetKindergartenCrab, Worm, Cow, Duck Animal Habitats Worksheet

This crab, worm, cow, duck animal habitats worksheet has kindergarten students draw each animal's home and write its habitat word. An answer key is included to make checking easy.

From our teachers' playbook

Living things are everywhere

What do kindergartners learn about life science?

Kindergartners learn the difference between living and nonliving things: living things grow, need food and water, and make more of their kind. A rock doesn't grow, but a puppy does! They explore what plants and animals need to survive, watch seeds sprout, sort animals into groups like mammals and fish, and use their five senses to observe. The click is when a child looks at a plant on the windowsill and says, "It's alive, it needs water!"

Our favorite ways to teach life science

Young scientists learn best by looking closely and touching, sorting and singing.

Alive or not?

Collect a mix of things: a leaf, a rock, a toy car, a plant, a shell. Kids sort them and explain: does it grow? Does it eat? Real objects spark the best debates, especially about seeds and shells.

Why it works: going from real objects to pictures to symbols is a core recommendation of the U.S. Department of Education's elementary math guide.

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Animal group songs

Play a mammal song and pause to list what makes a mammal: fur or hair, breathes air, babies drink milk. Next week, try amphibians or reptiles. Songs give kids the science words to describe groups.

Why it works: words set to a repeating melody are easier to recall than the same words spoken (Wallace, 1994).

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Observe with your senses

Give kids a fruit or a flower to explore. What do you see? Smell? Feel? They draw and label their observations. Using the senses on purpose is the first step to thinking like a scientist.

Why it works: children learn more from words and pictures together than from words alone (Mayer, 2009).

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Questions parents and teachers ask

What is life science in kindergarten?

It's learning about living things: plants and animals, what they need to survive, how they grow and how they're different from nonliving things.

How do I teach living and nonliving things?

Ask three questions: Does it grow? Does it need food and water? Does it make more of itself? Sort real objects from around the house or classroom.

What do plants need to grow?

Water, sunlight, air and soil (or nutrients). Kindergartners love testing this with simple seed experiments.

How can I teach science at home to my kindergartner?

Go on nature walks, plant seeds, watch birds and bugs, and ask "What do you notice?" Curiosity is the best science lesson.