Understanding the WorldReceptionMaterials
Materials and their properties
Explore everyday materials (wood, plastic, metal, fabric) and describe simple properties (hard, soft, smooth, rough).
What you'll learn
- 1
Let's look at a toy car. It's hard and smooth — that's because it's made of plastic! 🚗
- 2
Is a toy car hard or soft? 🚗
- 3
Sort these things into hard and soft. Tap the hard things first! 👆
- 4
Let's look at a spoon. It's shiny and hard — that's metal! 🥄
- 5
Which of these is made of metal? 🥄
- 6
Tap the thing that is soft and fluffy — like a cloud! ☁️
- 7
What word tells us that something is not hard? 🤲
Practise Materials and their properties with Whizlo
Free AI-tutored lessons, unlimited practice questions, and progress tracking for ages 4–5. Aligned to the UK National Curriculum.