Good Habits Worksheet for Kids: Circle the Correct Option!
This worksheet helps children ages 3-5 build early social-emotional judgment by looking at everyday scenes and deciding whether they show a good habit or a bad one. Making this kind of good/bad judgment about behavior, rather than just labeling objects, is an early form of moral and social reasoning that supports self-regulation later on. Using a simple thumbs-up or thumbs-down visual cue makes the abstract idea of 'good habits' concrete and easy to judge.
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Month 10: Learning & Development | Ages 4-5
This is page 27 of the pack. Ages 4-5 · Pre-KAges 4-5 · ReceptionAges 4-5 · LKGAges 4-5
Curriculum
- Health & Hygiene > Good Habits
How to use this worksheet
Look at the first picture together and describe out loud what the child in the scene is doing. Ask your child whether this looks like a good habit or a bad habit, and why they think so. Have your child circle the thumbs-up symbol if it's a good habit, or the thumbs-down symbol if it shows a bad habit. Continue through each remaining picture the same way, discussing the reasoning before circling an answer.
Materials needed
- Pencil
- Crayons
Extension activities
- 1Discuss each habit in detail. Ask children to share their own experiences with these habits. Role-play scenarios related to the habits.
- 2Make a 'good habits' chart at home to check off each time your child practices one.
- 3Read a picture book about manners or routines and spot the good habits together.
- 4Create a puppet show acting out a good habit and a bad habit for your child to identify.
- 5Take turns naming one good habit each person practiced that day at bedtime.
Written by
Hemsweta Jain · Teacher Cheena
MBA and Early Childhood Educator, teaching since 2014 · Founder of RaisoActive, Mumbai
Every RaisoActive worksheet is designed and checked by the founder before publishing.
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