Material Properties Sorting Worksheet for Preschoolers

How to use this worksheet

Read each material property listed on the page together, like 'hard' or 'soft,' and talk about what that word means using an example your child already knows. Cut out the object pictures at the bottom of the page, then have your child decide which property each object matches. Have them glue each picture into the correct box, describing out loud why that object fits the property as they paste it in.

Materials needed

• Scissors
• Glue
• Pencil

Extension activities

• 1Go on a material hunt around the house, touching and sorting objects by whether they feel hard, soft, rough, or smooth.
• 2Create a texture collage by gluing different materials, like cotton, sandpaper, and foil, onto a page.
• 3Play a blindfolded touch-and-guess game, describing an object's texture before naming what it might be.
• 4Compare two similar objects, like a cotton ball and a rock, and discuss how their properties differ.