Is there a standard behind this page?

No language standard names body part vocabulary. It belongs to the classroom's own labelling unit and to early science, so the page is marked conventional.

Why write the word instead of matching it?

Because writing is the part that sticks. Matching a picture to a word can be done by shape; copying the word means reading it.

Kindergarten body parts

Kindergarten body parts worksheets

Body part words are the first labels most children learn to read: head, hand, foot, eye, nose. Writing one is what makes it stick, so this sheet asks for the word under each of twelve pictures instead of a line drawn across the page to it.

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The kind of pictures you'll get

Look at each picture. Which body part is it? Find the word in the word bank and write it on the line.

ear
back
leg
knee
finger
tooth

The sheet's own words sit in a bank at the top, shuffled, and every picture has a line under it. The child finds the word and writes it. The key lists the words in order.

Every print pulls a new set of pictures at this level, so a make-up test or a second sibling gets a different mix.

What's on a kindergarten sheet

Kindergarten sheets draw from 15 pictures, 12 to a page. Kindergarten and 1st grade print from the same 15 pictures. The teaching notes below are written for this grade.

Some of the words:

legtoothmouthnosefooteartonguefingerkneeheel

Picture words. Look at each picture. Which body part is it? Find the word in the word bank and write it on the line. 12 pictures per page.

Every version prints on US Letter or A4, with its answer key on the last page.

How to teach this

Touch, say, write, in that order, every time. A child who has just touched their own ear finds the word faster than one hunting the bank. Do the obvious parts first and leave the harder ones for last; the sheet does not have to be worked top to bottom.

Watch for: Writing the bigger part. A picture of the elbow is not arm and a picture of the heel is not foot. Look at what the picture is showing you. One or two. The bank says eye, ear and toe, one each, so the word has no s on the end. Guessing the close ones. Hand, thumb and finger, and foot, toe and heel, all sit near each other. Touch your own before you write.

Common questions about kindergarten body parts

Is there a standard behind this page?: No language standard names body part vocabulary. It belongs to the classroom's own labelling unit and to early science, so the page is marked conventional.
Why write the word instead of matching it?: Because writing is the part that sticks. Matching a picture to a word can be done by shape; copying the word means reading it.

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Reviewed by the One more sheet team. Content version 241, updated September 2026.

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