Reception Science worksheets
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What colour are your eyes?
Let’s find out which eye colour is the most common amongst your family and friends! You can record your results on this pictogram.
Moving fish race
Can you move this fish across the carpet without touching it? Let's have a race...
Find the right mother
Can you draw a line to take each baby to its mum?
Sorting clothes
When it is time to change over your child’s wardrobe from season to season or you are having a big clear out, take the opportunity to involve them and look at what different clothes are made from. Talk about the materials the clothes are made from and together look at the labels showing their properties.
Observing the seasons: spring
As the seasons change, take the opportunity to go on an observation walk to see what’s happening! Here are some great hands-on Spring fun ideas.
On the farm: where animals live
A worksheet designed to help your child match an animal to its home.
Physical processes: morning and night
A worksheet designed to prompt a discussion about the differences between day and night.
Searching for minibeasts
Encourage your child to look outside for minibeasts. Use this sheet to record what you find.
Sorting materials: soft and hard
Encourage your child to feel a variety of objects and then sort them according to whether they are soft or hard.
Identify the loudest sound
A fabulous game to encourage discussion and develop your child's reasoning skills whilst learning more about sounds.
Sorting toys
An activity involving sorting toys according to a criteria discussed between you and your child.
All about me
Help your child think about their family and living arrangements with this worksheet, which encourages them to draw a picture of their home and the people who live in it.
Starting to collect data
Encourage your child to ask people about their favourite toys and record the information on this simple table.
Blindfold Feeling Game
Help your child to use their sense of touch to feel different hard and soft objects and then try to guess what they are.
Understanding my body
A worksheet to help children think about the names of the parts of the body and write the words on a picture.
Blindfold Smelling Game
Help your child to use their sense of smell to work out which food or drink is put in front of them.
What I like to do
A sheet with boxes for you to discuss with your child what they like doing in various places in their spare time.
Blindfold Tasting Game
Encourage your child to use their sense of taste and descriptive skills to work out which food they are eating when blindfolded.
Drawing pictures of each season
A worksheet encouraging you and your child to look at and discuss how our clothes and behaviour change with each season.
Design a toy
Work with your child to draw a design for a toy using labels. Your child can then make the toy and invite someone to play-test it.
Draw a route map
This worksheet encourages your child to think about and draw the journey they take to school with sense of 'aerial perspective'.