International Day of the Tropics Worksheets for Kids
Age Group: 3–6 years No. of Pages: 11 Format: Printable PDF
The International Day of the Tropics is on 29 June. This 11-page printable pack takes children aged 3–6 to warm, sunny places with palm trees, fruits and animals, for matching, counting, sorting and patterns.
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About This Worksheet
The tropics are the warm parts of the world near the equator, with beaches, rainforests and juicy fruits. Bright tropical pictures make learning feel like a holiday.
Children find words such as sun, palm, hot and sea, follow a maze to the beach, colour tropical fruits, match animals to their homes, count fruit, practise cutting, tick tropical things, build a tropical island, continue fruit patterns and tick the larger object.
Activities in This Pack
- Tropics word search (sun, palm, hot, sea)
- Tropical island maze to the beach
- Colour the tropical fruits
- Where do I live? Match animals to homes
- Count the tropical fruit
- Cutting worksheet
- Tropical or not? Tick or cross
- Build a tropical island: cut and paste
- Tropical fruit pattern
- Big and small: tick the larger object
Skills Your Child Practises
- World awareness
- Counting
- Matching
- Patterns
- Size comparison
- Scissor skills
How to Use This Worksheet
- Taste a tropical fruit like mango or pineapple.
- Find the equator on a globe.
- Talk about hot and cold places.
- Do the cutting pages with an adult nearby.
- Name each tropical animal.
What’s Next?
Next in the June calendar is Asteroid Day (30 June). For more themed days, see our General Knowledge worksheets.
Where This Worksheet Fits
International Day of the Tropics (29 June) is one of eighteen June days in the IdeazSuper themed-day collection. Use the packs in date order to plan a full month of activities:
- Global Day of Parents (1 June): thanking parents and family
- International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression (4 June): feelings, needs and kindness
- World Environment Day (5 June): keeping the Earth clean
- National Donut Day (first Friday of June): counting and decorating donuts
- World Food Safety Day (7 June): clean hands and safe food
- World Ocean Day (8 June): sea animals and shells
- World Day Against Child Labour (12 June): every child’s right to play and learn
- National Bath Day (14 June): bath time and keeping clean
- Global Wind Day (15 June): kites, wind and patterns
- Autistic Pride Day (18 June): acceptance and kindness
- Father’s Day (third Sunday of June): love for dad and a World’s Best Dad page
- World Music Day (21 June): instruments and rhythm
- International Yoga Day (21 June): calm breathing and yoga poses
- World Rainforest Day (22 June): rainforest animals
- Olympic Day (23 June): sports, medals and teamwork
- International Day of the Tropics (29 June): this pack
- Asteroid Day (30 June): space rocks, stars and planets
- Eid-ul-Adha (10 Dhul Hijjah): Eid traditions and sharing
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Frequently Asked Questions
When is the International Day of the Tropics?
It is observed on 29 June each year.
What are the tropics?
The warm areas of the world near the equator.
How many pages are in the pack?
The International Day of the Tropics pack has 11 printable pages.
What do I need?
A printer, pencils and crayons. Some pages also need child-safe scissors and glue.
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Looking for more themed days? Browse all our General Knowledge worksheets for preschool and kindergarten, with printable packs for special days across the year.