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WORKSHEET · CLASS 36 · AGES 4–5

Wetland Animals and Their Habitat Worksheet for Ages 4–5

A wetland animals worksheet for ages 4–5: circle the wetland animals, match the frog, egret and crocodile to the pond, the reeds and the burrow, count lily pads and trace the word WETLAND. Printable.

THE WORKSHEET

The full sheet, exactly as the artist drew it.

See the whole sheet, download the original file or print it from your browser. Want your child to solve it on screen first? The interactive version lives at preschool/4-years/animals-and-their-habitats/worksheets/wetland-animals-and-their-habitat/ / — same sheet, drawing layer included.

The full Wetland Animals and Their Habitat habitat worksheet: Circle who lives in the wetland, match frog, egret and crocodile to their soggy homes, count lily pads and trace WETLAND.
HOW TO USE IT

The five steps on the sheet.

  1. 1

    Circle

    Four of the five animals live in the wetland — circle the whole soggy team.

  2. 2

    Match

    Draw a line from frog, egret and crocodile to the lily pond, the reedy bank and the mud burrow.

  3. 3

    Count

    One group has exactly 4 lily pads — count each group and circle it.

  4. 4

    Choose

    Two scenes — circle the one that shows the wetland.

  5. 5

    Trace

    Trace the big word WETLAND, then write it in the box.

Before you start, have the words ready: The word wetland, and three wetland regulars on the sheet: frog, egret and crocodile.

WHY IT HELPS

What this worksheet teaches.

A wetland is land that is soaked — ponds, reeds and mud — and it is a dinner, a bath and a hiding place all at once.

The wetland is the habitat that is neither dry nor deep — naming it teaches children that habitats come in every in-between flavor, not just desert versus ocean.

  • Habitat vocabulary
  • Matching animals to wetland homes
  • Sorting belong and not belong
  • Counting to 4
  • Word tracing
FOR GROWN-UPS

Tips, questions and practice.

Say before you start: Where the water meets the grass, the wetland squelches — let us find who loves it that way.

Questions to ask: Who hops and who wades? What does the crocodile use the mud for? Have you ever heard frogs at night?

Parent tips: After the sheet, jump like a frog, wade slowly like an egret and snap like a crocodile — three animals, three moves.

Home practice: Pass any pond or canal on your walks and ask: who from our sheet could live here?

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