Whales for Kids Printable Emergent Reader for Preschool Science
Whether you are diving into an ocean unit or your child is just curious about the largest living animal, this free whale printable is a great way to start learning about whales for kids. This super cute, all about whales for kids printable reader is perfect for preschool, pre-k, kindergarten and first grade students to learn about this gigantic ocean animal. Simply print the types of whales emergent reader to read, color, and learn with this preschool science and whale activity.
Whales for Kids
Themed Readers are a simple, low prep way for children to practice and improve their reading comprehension, vocabulary and their writing skills. This whale printable will also help preschoolers, kindergartners, or grade 1 students to work on their letter and word recognition which is an important part of learning to read. In this simple whales for kids readers, children will learn about the different types of whales such as beluga, humpback, blue, killer, narwhale, pillar, minkel, bowhea, fin, gray, dolphin, and more! Whether you are a parent, teacher, or homeschooler, you will love this free preschool science supplement for students.
Whale Printable
Start by scrolling to the bottom of the post, under the terms of use, and click on the text link that says >> ____ <<. The pdf file will open in a new window for you to save the freebie and print the pages. Now cut the black and white whale pages in half, stack up with the cover on the top, and staple along the left edge to make a book. Children will need pencils, markers or crayons to complete the activities in this pack. Children will practice tracing letters and learning whale names with this science activity for preschoolers.
All About Whales for Kids
Use these free, printable worksheets to practice and improve reading comprehension, vocabulary, sight words and writing. As they read, they will be working on learning three sight words, I, see and a. These are important skills that they will need later in life. These simple, yet thorough worksheets are a wonderful tool for young children to help improve their literacy skills while learning about different whales.
In this reader, children will learn about fourteen different whales including: baird’s beek whale, blue whale, orca whale (also known as the killer what), beluga whale, bowhead whale, dolphin whale, gray whale, fin whale, and humpback whale, After reading the sentence, they can trace the first three words of the sentence which are sight words. Then they can color in the picture of the whale.
Preschool Science
If children want to color in the picture first, then these mats could be laminated and the children could use a dry-erase marker to complete the writing part or the mats could be left as they are and children can write in the answers with a pencil, pen or crayon, then color in the picture before making the pages into a book.
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Free Printable Whale Worksheets
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