Kindergarten Materials worksheet
from Gradelings · Name: ______________________
How to explain it
- Touch it. Is it soft or hard? Rough or smooth?
- Things are made of wood, metal, glass or cloth.
- Light things like leaves often float on water.
Example: Is a pillow soft or hard? Squeeze it in your mind. It squishes. Squishy things are soft. Answer: soft
Question 1
Which one is made of paper?
- 📕book
- 🧱brick
- 🔑key
📕 book
Hint: The pages of a book are made of paper.
Question 2
Soft or hard? Tap a picture, then its basket.
Sort into: 🧸 soft · 🪨 hard
- 🪙coin
- 🔑key
- 🧱brick
- 🧣scarf
- 🧦socks
- 🧶yarn
🧸 soft: scarf, socks, yarn · 🪨 hard: coin, key, brick
Hint: Squeeze it in your mind. Soft things squish. Hard things don't!
Question 3
Which one is made of metal?
- 📕book
- 🔑key
- 👕T-shirt
🔑 key
Hint: Metal is hard and shiny. Keys are made of metal.
Question 4
Which one is hard?
- 🪶feather
- 🪨rock
- 🧦sock
🪨 rock
Hint: Hard things don't squish when you press on them.
Question 5
Which one feels smooth?
- 🪵tree bark
- 🥚egg
- 🍍pineapple
🥚 egg
Hint: Smooth things have no bumps. Run your finger over an egg!
Question 6
Which material comes from trees?
🌳- 🪵wood
- 🪟glass
- 🔩metal
🪵 wood
Hint: Wood comes from the trunks and branches of trees.
Question 7
Which one can you see through?
- 🪟window
- 🧱brick wall
- 🪵log
🪟 window
Hint: Windows are made of clear glass, so light comes through.
Question 8
Which one is made of cloth?
- 🪨rock
- 👕T-shirt
- 🔑key
👕 T-shirt
Hint: Cloth is soft and bendy. Our clothes are made of cloth.
Question 9
Which one is made of glass?
- 🪟window
- 🧦sock
- 🪵log
🪟 window
Hint: Glass is hard, and you can see through it.
Question 10
Which one is made of wood?
- 🔑key
- 🪵log
- 🪟window
🪵 log
Hint: Wood comes from trees. A log is part of a tree.
Answer key
- 1. 📕 book
- 2. 🧸 soft: scarf, socks, yarn · 🪨 hard: coin, key, brick
- 3. 🔑 key
- 4. 🪨 rock
- 5. 🥚 egg
- 6. 🪵 wood
- 7. 🪟 window
- 8. 👕 T-shirt
- 9. 🪟 window
- 10. 🪵 log
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