Moving Objects: Push and Pull

Start with something students can look at or think about: a photo, a short video, a jar on the windowsill, or a question like "what do you already know about moving objects?" Then let them work through the worksheet on their own or with a partner, keeping a word bank or anchor chart in view so the vocabulary stays available. When you review, ask students how they knew, and let them point to the part of the diagram or reading that told them. These moving objects worksheets work well as a lead in before an investigation, as a way to capture what students noticed afterward, or as review before an assessment.

These moving objects worksheets for Kindergarten give students a clear, visual way to work through one of the big ideas in forces and motion. Students label diagrams, sort and classify examples, read short explanations, and answer questions that ask them to say why, not just what. Each page keeps the science vocabulary front and center so students leave with the words they need to talk about moving objects accurately. Working through moving objects on paper gives Kindergarten students something concrete to hold onto before, during, or after the hands on part of a lesson.

"Moving Objects: Push and Pull" is written for Kindergarten (Ages 3-6), and it covers NGSS K-PS2-1. If your little one is a year younger but already steady on forces and motion, the page still works. You may just need to read the instructions out loud. And if they are older and moving objects never quite stuck, this is a short review rather than busywork.

Yes, both. We made it for Kindergarten forces and motion, and the page works the same whether it lands on a kitchen table or a center rotation. At home, most families go through it together and talk the answers out loud, and that talking is where most of the learning happens with moving objects. In class it runs well as independent work while you pull a small group. Print one copy or thirty, whichever the day needs.

Moving objects worksheets teach kindergartners to observe and describe how objects move, in a straight line, in a zigzag, in a circle, or back and forth. Children explore what makes objects start moving, slow down, or stop, and begin to understand how the strength of a force affects motion.

Moving objects are introduced in kindergarten as part of the forces and motion unit in physical science. The topic builds on push and pull concepts and connects to mathematical ideas about direction and distance.

Roll different objects, a ball, a block, a toy car, on different surfaces and talk about how they move. Ask your child to predict which will go farther or faster and why. These simple experiments pair perfectly with worksheet activities and turn everyday play into a physics investigation.