Material Properties Worksheet for Kids: Matching and Identifying
This early science worksheet introduces children ages 3-5 to the idea that materials have distinct physical properties — like hardness, brittleness, or elasticity — and that everyday objects can be grouped based on how they look, feel, or behave. Matching objects to their correct property builds observational and classification skills, which are foundational scientific thinking tools long before formal science instruction begins. Talking through why a rubber band stretches while a plate breaks helps children start noticing cause-and-effect patterns in the physical world around them.
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Month 9: Multi-Subject Early Learning | Ages 6-7
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About this worksheet
- Topic:
- Material Properties
- Skill:
- Material Properties (Earth & Environment): Explore material properties - float/sink, rough/smooth.
- Pack:
- Page 25 of 29 in Month 9: Multi-Subject Early Learning | Ages 6-7.
How to use this worksheet
Look at each picture and read its description together, talking about what that object is like to touch or how it behaves when you interact with it. Ask your child which property matches each object, such as whether something is hard, bendy, or likely to break. Have them draw a line connecting each object to its correct property description. Work through the whole page this way, discussing real examples from home whenever possible to make the properties more concrete.
Materials needed
- Pencil
- Eraser
Extension activities
- 1Walk around the house together and find real objects that demonstrate each property, like something hard and something stretchy.
- 2Create a simple chart listing different materials and their properties as you discover them together.
- 3Do a hands-on test, gently bending or pressing safe household objects to observe their properties firsthand.
- 4Sort a basket of toys or objects into groups based on shared material properties.
- 5Talk about what material something is made from and why that material was chosen, like why cups are often hard and not stretchy.
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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