SkillrHub · Foundation · AC9SFU03

Objects and materials — Sheet 1

Name: ____________________ Date: __________

Adult: read directions aloud if needed. Accept spoken explanations and drawings. Use safe objects.

1. Look at the pencil. Point to two different materials.

Warm-up

2. Draw a safe object. Tell an adult what it is made from.

Warm-up

3. Feel a fabric scrap and a wooden block. Circle a word for each.
Fabric: bendy / stiff
Block: bendy / stiff

Warm-up

4. Sort fabric, a wooden block and a metal spoon.
Draw what bends easily on the left. Draw what stays stiff on the right.

Core

5. Look closely at fabric with a magnifying glass. Draw a detail.

Core

SkillrHub · Foundation · AC9SFU03

Objects and materials — Sheet 2

Name: ____________________ Date: __________

Adult: read directions aloud if needed. Accept spoken explanations and drawings. Use safe objects.

6. Find two spoons made from different materials. Draw them.

Core

7. Circle the property word: soft / chair / spoon

Core

8. Choose two safe objects. Tell an adult one way they feel the same.

Core

9. Look at the pencil again. Why are its body and eraser different?

Challenge

10. Sort three safe objects using your own rule. Draw your groups.

Challenge

Objects and materials — Answer guide

AC9SFU03 · Adult copy

Observe the method as well as the answer. Offer a smaller collection, counters, letter cards or a real object when a child needs support.

  1. Wood, graphite, metal and rubber are shown. Accept any two; compare with an actual pencil.
  2. Accept an accurate object/material pairing, such as a wooden block made from wood.
  3. Usually fabric: bendy; wooden block: stiff. Accept observations appropriate to the actual samples.
  4. Typical grouping: fabric / block and spoon. Check the samples; ask how the child decided.
  5. Accept visible threads, gaps or other actual detail. Ask what became easier to see.
  6. For example, metal and wood. Same object type can use different materials.
  7. soft is a property; chair and spoon name objects.
  8. For example, both feel smooth. Accept observed similarities; do not infer material from one property alone.
  9. The stiff body can be held for writing. The eraser has a different job and material. Accept a simple explanation tied to observed parts.
  10. Accept a stated observable property and consistent grouping. Ask the child to explain their rule.