Natural Resources Matching Worksheet for Kids
This worksheet deepens understanding of natural resources by asking children to match everyday items, like paper or bread, to the natural resource they originally come from, such as trees or wheat. For ages 3-5, tracing a familiar object back to its natural source builds early cause-and-effect thinking alongside science vocabulary.
Curriculum
How to use this worksheet
Look at the items pictured on the left side of the page and name each one together, then look at the natural resources listed on the right. Ask your child to think about where each item originally comes from before drawing a line connecting it to the matching resource. Continue matching each item to its resource one at a time, talking through the connection out loud as you go, such as 'paper comes from trees.' Finish with the section at the bottom, where your child writes the natural resource for a few additional items without a line to draw.
Materials needed
- Pencil
- Crayons
Extension activities
- •Draw pictures of other everyday items and the natural resources they come from, expanding beyond what's shown on the worksheet.
- •Take a nature walk and identify natural resources like water, soil, or trees that you see along the way.
- •Set up a simple sorting activity at home, grouping household items by the natural resource they originated from.
- •Talk about one item at home, like a wooden chair or a cotton shirt, and trace its origin back to nature together.
- •Read a picture book about how a specific everyday item, like paper or bread, is made from natural resources.
Tips for parents and teachers
If your child struggles to see the connection between an item and its resource, use a simple story format, like 'first there was a tree, then people cut it down and made paper,' to make the chain of events concrete. This worksheet is a natural opening to talk about why protecting natural resources matters, since children respond well to the idea that resources take time to grow or form. Keep the matching light and conversational rather than quiz-like, so the science concept stays enjoyable.
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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