Parts of a Leaf Worksheet for Preschoolers: Learn and Play!

How to use this worksheet

Give your child a real leaf and a ball of playdough, and ask them to press and shape the playdough into a similar leaf form. Point out each part on the real leaf together — the pointed tip, the flat blade, the branching veins, the central midrib, and the stalk-like petiole and stem. Have your child press their finger along each part on both the real leaf and their playdough version as you name it. Finish by matching the printed labels on the worksheet to the correct part of the leaf diagram.

Materials needed

• Playdough
• Original Leaf
• Pencil

Extension activities

• 1Collect several different leaves outside and compare their tips, blades, and vein patterns.
• 2Make leaf rubbings by placing paper over a real leaf and coloring over it with the side of a crayon.
• 3Sort collected leaves by size, shape, or number of visible veins.
• 4Create a leaf collage using pressed or dried leaves glued onto paper, labeling each part.