Wet or Dry Sorting Worksheet for Preschoolers

How to use this worksheet

Look at the first picture together and ask your child to describe what they see before they circle an answer. Ask them to explain why the object looks wet or dry — is there water dripping, or does it look dusty and dry? Have them circle 'Wet' or 'Dry' for each picture, working down the page one row at a time. When they finish, go back and ask them to pick their favorite wet picture and favorite dry picture and say why.

Materials needed

• Pencil
• Crayons

Extension activities

• 1Fill two small bins — one with water, one empty — and let your child sort household objects into wet and dry piles by testing them.
• 2Take a damp sponge and a dry towel and let your child compare how each one feels and looks.
• 3On a rainy day, go outside briefly and point out what's now wet (grass, pavement) versus what stayed dry (under an umbrella or porch roof).
• 4Draw a simple two-column chart labeled 'Wet' and 'Dry' and add a new item to it each day for a week.
• 5Play a describing game: name an object and have your child guess wet or dry before you show them a picture.