What's Missing with Body Parts

Which piece is missing? This Kindergarten worksheet shows a picture of body parts with one piece removed, and the child finds the cutout that fills the gap. Picturing the whole and working out exactly what is absent from the a hand, a foot and an ear is early inference, the readiness skill of reasoning from part to whole. There are no numbers or letters; the task is completing the picture.

An incomplete picture invites a child to finish it: see the empty space, imagine what is gone, and choose the piece that brings the image back to whole. Reasoning from the part that is present to the part that is missing builds early inference, and a body parts picture keeps the practice simple and hands-on. Each found piece restores a little more of the whole.

Children love finding the piece that makes a picture whole again, and completing the puzzle feels satisfying. When this is easy, find the missing piece in what's missing with breakfast, or try what's missing with clothes. You can also browse every missing-piece puzzle or the whole kindergarten collection — each sheet prints cleanly or plays online for free, and the more pictures a child completes, the sharper their eye grows for what is missing and what it takes to make a picture whole again.