How Things Move Worksheet Pack

Introduce your Foundation year students to the exciting world of motion with this How Things Move Worksheet Pack! Designed specifically for early learners, this ‘How Things Move’ Worksheet pack helps students explore and demonstrate their understanding of how objects move, while also developing key science inquiry skills such as observation, classification, and description.

These worksheets make great options for whole-group lessons, science centres, or independent practise.

Draw, Colour, and Sort With These Motion Worksheets

With this engaging worksheet pack, students will:

• Observe pictures of everyday objects and how they move
• Draw objects showing different types of motion
• Colour and sort items based on whether they roll, slide, spin, turn, or bounce
• Practise using simple scientific language to describe movement

The activities are developmentally appropriate for Foundation Year learners and encourage curiosity, discussion, and early scientific thinking.

Download These Early Years Movement Worksheets

This printable pack of Early Years Movement Worksheets is easy to prep and classroom-ready!

This resource is available in both PDF and editable Google Slides format.  To get your copy, click the dropdown arrow on the download button and choose your preferred file type.

This resource was created by Lindsey Phillips, a teacher and Teach Starter Collaborator.

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