Animal Needs Worksheet for Kids: Matching and Identifying
This worksheet helps children ages 3-5 understand and articulate the basic survival needs of animals — food, water, air, shelter — by completing sentences with the correct need word and then circling matching pictures. Requiring both a writing and a circling response means children practice the vocabulary in two different formats, reinforcing recall from multiple angles. This groundwork in animal needs also supports later, more complex science concepts about habitats and ecosystems.
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Month 1: Learning & Development | Ages 6-7
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Curriculum
- Living Things - Animals > Animals & Habitats
How to use this worksheet
Read each sentence starter together and figure out which need word completes it correctly, such as 'Animals need ___ to drink.' Have your child write the correct word in the blank space provided. Then look through the pictures on the page and circle the ones that show things animals need to survive. Review the completed sentences and circled pictures together, discussing why each item matters for an animal's survival.
Materials needed
- Pencil
- Crayons
Extension activities
- 1Draw your favorite animal and label what it needs to survive.
- 2Discuss different animals and their specific needs, like a fish needing water to breathe.
- 3Visit a pet store, zoo, or backyard to observe how real animals get their needs met.
- 4Create a simple poster listing all the things animals need to survive.
- 5Compare animal needs to human needs and discuss what's the same and different.
Written by
Hemsweta Jain · Teacher Cheena
MBA and Early Childhood Educator, teaching since 2014 · Founder of RaisoActive, Mumbai
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