Animal Worksheets

Fur, feathers and scales, mammals, birds, fish and reptiles, and where animals make their homes, in black and white for kindergarten to 2nd grade.

Who Lives Here? reader cover
Free reader · Kindergarten

Who Lives Here?

A six-page picture book to print, cut and staple: one short line on every page, and three questions to talk about on the back.

Who Lives Here?, page 1: A bird lives in a nest.Who Lives Here?, page 2: A bee lives in a hive.Who Lives Here?, page 3: A fish lives in a pond.Who Lives Here?, page 4: A spider lives on a web.Who Lives Here?, page 5: A bear lives in a den.Who Lives Here?, page 6: I live in a burrow!
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Free Animals worksheets

Each is a PDF to print right away, in black and white. Sheets with right answers have the answer key on page 2.

Fur or Feathers? worksheet preview

Fur or Feathers?

K-2

Eight animal cards to sort into animals with fur and animals with feathers. Answer key on page 2.

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Where Do Animals Live? worksheet preview

Where Do Animals Live?

K-1

Match five animals to their homes: a bird and its nest, a bee and its hive, a fish and its pond, a spider and its web, a chipmunk and its burrow. Answer key on page 2.

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Animal Groups worksheet preview

Animal Groups

Grades 1-2

Mammals, birds, fish and reptiles: a picture of each to color and one sentence about what makes the group.

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Land or Water? worksheet preview

Land or Water?

K-2

Eight animal cards to sort into animals that live on land and animals that live in water. Answer key on page 2.

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Animals pack: the reader and worksheets
K-2 Science Pack

The Animals pack

The whole unit in one place: all 8 Animals worksheets in one print-ready file with every answer key, and the Who Lives Here? reader in both editions, kindergarten and grades 1-2 (the grades 1-2 book has fuller sentences on every page).

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More K-2 science

Life Cycle of a Chicken, Living and Nonliving, Plant Life Cycle, Weather and Seasons, Solid, Liquid and Gas, Dinosaurs, Pumpkins and Apples, and all topics on the K-2 science page.

Teaching about animals in K-2

Read the free Who Lives Here? book first. Chip the chipmunk visits a robin in her nest, bees at their hive, fish in the pond, a spider on its web and a bear by its den, then goes home to his burrow.

Then sort animals by what covers them, match each animal to its home, and use the Animal Groups page to name mammals, birds, fish and reptiles.

More animal science

See the life cycle of a chicken and dinosaurs units, and for older students, the science page.

Frequently Asked Questions

What animal groups do kids learn in K-2?
Most classes start with mammals (hair or fur), birds (feathers), fish (scales and fins) and reptiles (dry, scaly skin). Some add amphibians, like frogs, in 2nd grade.
Are the animal worksheets free?
Yes. The fur or feathers sort, Where Do Animals Live?, Animal Groups and the land or water sort are free PDFs in black and white, with answer keys where there are right answers.
Which animals are on the sorting cards?
Dogs, cats, rabbits, bears, owls, ducks, parrots and hens for fur or feathers; lions, camels, cows, horses, whales, fish, octopuses and jellyfish for land or water.