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Hot and Cold Preschool Worksheet

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Hot and Cold

Preschool - Science - Building Confidence

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  1. Which one is cold like this?

    Read aloud: Snow is cold. Point to the picture that is cold too.

    A group of snowflakes.A set of snowflakes arranged in rows to be counted.snowflakesnowflakesnowflakesnowflake

  2. Which one is hot like this?

    Read aloud: The sun is hot. Point to the picture that is hot too.

    One sun.A picture of one sun.sun

  3. The sun came out. Which one melts?

    Read aloud: The snow has stopped and the sun is warm. Point to the one that melts away.

    A group of snowflakes.A set of snowflakes arranged in a single row to be counted.snowflakesnowflakesnowflakesnowflake

  4. Left out all night in the cold. What now?

    Read aloud: This cup of water sat outside all night and it was freezing. Point to what is in the cup now.

    A group of cups.A set of cups arranged in a single row to be counted.cupcupcup

  5. Your hands are cold. What warms them?

    Read aloud: It is freezing and your fingers are cold. Point to what will warm your hands.

    A group of snowflakes.A set of snowflakes arranged in rows to be counted.snowflakesnowflakesnowflakesnowflake

  6. Straight out of the oven. Which group?

    Read aloud: These carrots have just come out of a hot oven. Point to the picture that shows how they feel.

    A group of carrots.A set of carrots arranged in a single row to be counted.carrotcarrotcarrotcarrot
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About this worksheet

Hot and cold is the first property a child ever sorts by, learned through bath water, ice cubes, and being told to wait for dinner to cool. This worksheet keeps the sorting concrete. A snowflake is shown and your child points to the other cold thing; the sun is shown and your child points to the other hot thing. Two questions go a step further and ask what heat and cold actually do: a snowman left in the sunshine melts, and a cup of water left out on a freezing night turns to ice. Every answer is a picture, so nothing has to be read. Please treat this as a page about looking and remembering rather than about testing by touch. Talk about the rule as you go — an adult checks first, because you cannot see how hot something is — and afterwards sort real things at home by looking and asking.

What your child will learn

  • Sort familiar things into a hot group and a cold group
  • Use ice, snow, and fire as strong temperature clues
  • Know that warmth melts what is frozen
  • Know that hard cold turns water into ice

Worked example

The page shows a row of snowflakes and you ask which picture belongs in the same group. Ice is the one that is cold like snow, so your child points to the ice.

Common mistake

Sorting by where a thing is found, so anything from the kitchen is called hot, instead of using the temperature clue itself.

Helpful hint

Ask whether a grown-up would say wait, it is too hot, or brr, that is cold.

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Questions parents ask

What is the most common mistake with hot and cold?
Sorting by where a thing is found, so anything from the kitchen is called hot, instead of using the temperature clue itself.
How can I help my child with hot and cold?
Ask whether a grown-up would say wait, it is too hot, or brr, that is cold.
Are these preschool science worksheets free to print?
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