Kindergarten Push & Pull worksheet
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How to explain it
- A push moves a thing away from you.
- A pull moves a thing toward you.
- A bigger push makes a thing go farther.
Example: You open a door toward you. Push or pull? The door comes toward you. Toward you is a pull. Answer: pull
Question 1
Push or pull? Tap a picture, then its basket.
Sort into: 👐 push · 🪢 pull
- 🚗push a toy car
- 🛷pull a sled
- 🧦pull on socks
- ⚽kick a ball
- 🎳roll a bowling ball
- 🥕pull out a carrot
👐 push: push a toy car, kick a ball, roll a bowling ball · 🪢 pull: pull a sled, pull on socks, pull out a carrot
Hint: A push moves something away from you. A pull moves it toward you.
Question 2
A ball rolls on a hill. Which way does it go?
⛰️- ⬆️up
- ⬇️down
⬇️ down
Hint: Balls roll down hills. They don't roll up by themselves!
Question 3
Which push will make the ball go farther?
⚽- 💪a big push
- 🤏a tiny push
💪 a big push
Hint: A bigger push makes things go faster and farther.
Question 4
What pushes a kite up into the sky?
🪁- 🌙the moon
- 🌬️the wind
- 🧲a magnet
🌬️ the wind
Hint: Wind pushes on the kite and lifts it up.
Question 5
You kick a ball. Is that a push or a pull?
⚽- 🪢pull
- 👐push
👐 push
Hint: Your foot moves the ball away from you. That's a push!
Question 6
How can you stop a rolling toy car?
🚗- 👏clap your hands
- ✋put your hand in front
- 👀look at it
✋ put your hand in front
Hint: Your hand pushes on the car and makes it stop.
Question 7
How can you make a swing go higher?
- 🤏push softer
- 💪push harder
- ✋stop pushing
💪 push harder
Hint: A bigger push makes things move faster and farther.
Question 8
Which is easier to push?
- 🚗a toy car
- 🚚a big truck
🚗 a toy car
Hint: Light things are easy to move. Heavy things need a bigger push.
Question 9
You reel in a fish. Is that a push or a pull?
🎣- 🪢pull
- 👐push
🪢 pull
Hint: The fish comes toward you. That's a pull!
Question 10
Which one will roll?
- 📕book
- 📦box
- ⚽ball
⚽ ball
Hint: Round things roll. Things with flat sides slide or stop.
Answer key
- 1. 👐 push: push a toy car, kick a ball, roll a bowling ball · 🪢 pull: pull a sled, pull on socks, pull out a carrot
- 2. ⬇️ down
- 3. 💪 a big push
- 4. 🌬️ the wind
- 5. 👐 push
- 6. ✋ put your hand in front
- 7. 💪 push harder
- 8. 🚗 a toy car
- 9. 🪢 pull
- 10. ⚽ ball
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