Pre-K Sink or Float worksheet
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A grown-up reads each question aloud. Your child points to the answer or says it.
How to explain it
- Some things float on water.
- Heavy things like rocks sink.
- A push or a pull makes things move.
Example: Does a leaf sink or float? A leaf is very light. It stays on top of the water. Answer: It floats 🍃
Question 1
Which one goes faster down a hill?
- 📦box
- ⚽ball
- 📕book
⚽ ball
Hint: Round things roll fast. Boxes slide slowly.
Question 2
Sink or float? Tap a picture, then its basket.
Sort into: 🛟 floats · ⬇️ sinks
- 🔑key
- 🍃leaf
- ⛵boat
- 🪙coin
- 🪶feather
- 🥄spoon
🛟 floats: leaf, boat, feather · ⬇️ sinks: key, coin, spoon
Hint: Light things like leaves float. Heavy things like rocks sink.
Question 3
How do you open a drawer?
- 👏clap
- 🌬️blow
- 🫴pull
🫴 pull
Hint: You pull a drawer toward you.
Question 4
Which one rolls?
- 📕book
- 🧱block
- ⚽ball
⚽ ball
Hint: Round things roll.
Question 5
What melts in the sun?
- 🪨rock
- 🥄spoon
- 🍦ice cream
🍦 ice cream
Hint: Heat from the sun melts ice cream.
Question 6
Which one sinks?
- 🪶feather
- ⛵boat
- 🪨rock
🪨 rock
Hint: Heavy things like rocks sink.
Answer key
- 1. ⚽ ball
- 2. 🛟 floats: leaf, boat, feather · ⬇️ sinks: key, coin, spoon
- 3. 🫴 pull
- 4. ⚽ ball
- 5. 🍦 ice cream
- 6. 🪨 rock
Want more than 6 questions?
In Gradelings the questions change every time and adjust to your child, with hints and kind feedback.