Push or Pull Worksheet for Kids: Circle the Correct Answer!
Children ages 3-5 build early physics vocabulary by identifying whether an action shown in a picture is a push or a pull, a foundational concept in understanding forces and motion. Learning to categorize everyday actions this way helps children start noticing cause and effect in the physical world around them, well before they encounter formal science lessons.
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How to use this worksheet
Look at each picture together and ask your child to act out or describe the motion shown — is someone moving something toward themselves or away from themselves? Talk through why that makes it a push or a pull before your child circles the correct word. Work through the page picture by picture, occasionally pausing to physically act out a push or pull motion together to reinforce the difference.
Materials needed
- Pencil
- Crayons
Extension activities
- •Have children act out pushing and pulling actions around the house, like pushing a chair in or pulling open a drawer.
- •Find objects around the house and discuss whether you push or pull them to make them move, like doors or drawers.
- •Play a simple sorting game, calling out actions and having your child respond with 'push' or 'pull.'
- •Go outside and test push and pull on a swing, a wagon, or a ball to feel the difference in motion.
Tips for parents and teachers
Encourage your child to explain their answers rather than just circling, since describing the direction of motion out loud reinforces the concept. Discuss real-life examples of pushing and pulling throughout the day, like pushing a shopping cart or pulling a door open, to reinforce the ideas outside the worksheet. Some actions, like swinging or rocking, can be a mix of both, so it's fine to talk through the ambiguity together rather than forcing a single answer.
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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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