Animal Needs Sorting Worksheet for Preschoolers

How to use this worksheet

Cut out the picture cards at the bottom of the worksheet, naming each item as you go. Look at the two columns labeled 'Need' and 'Don't Need' and discuss what belongs in each. Have your child decide where each picture belongs and paste it into the correct column. Once finished, review the completed chart together and talk about why each item was sorted the way it was.

Materials needed

• Scissors
• Glue or Tape
• Pencil

Extension activities

• 1Discuss why each item is a need or not a need for animals, using a pet or backyard animal as an example.
• 2Draw other items that animals need, like a nest or a burrow.
• 3Create a list of things animals need to survive, then compare it to what people need.
• 4Visit a park or garden and identify how local animals get their needs met.
• 5Sort a new set of pictures for a specific animal, like a fish or a bird.