What Is a Gosling?
A gosling is a baby bird. It breathes air, has a bill and will grow feathers.
Parent geese keep their goslings warm and help them find food.
Gosling
A gosling is a baby goose. It has soft, fluffy down, a bill and two webbed feet. Goslings like to stay close to their parents.
Fun Facts About Goslings
- A gosling hatches from an egg.
- Goslings can walk and explore.
- Goslings stay close to their parents.
- A gosling makes a peeping sound.
Hatching, Eating, and Growing
- At first: hatches from an egg and stays warm
- Food: gosling food, grass and clean water
- Movement: walks, paddles and swims
- Sound: peeps
Easy Practice Sentences
Easy: I see a gosling.
Medium: The gosling follows its parents.
Challenge: The fluffy gosling eats green grass.
Say each sentence aloud and point to the picture.
Activity Idea
Make a fluffy gosling picture.
- Draw a gosling with a round body.
- Add a bill, two wings and two webbed feet.
- Draw its parents standing nearby.
- Tell a grown-up what sound it makes.
This activity supports sequencing, vocabulary, speaking and understanding animal life cycles.
Gosling Body Parts
- Bill: helps the gosling pick up food
- Down: soft fluff that keeps it warm
- Neck: helps the gosling reach food
- Wings: help the gosling flap
- Webbed feet: help the gosling swim
Look and Think
- What colour is the gosling?
- Can you point to its bill?
- Can you count two wings?
- Can you find its webbed feet?
Learning Safely Around Goslings
- Stay with a grown-up.
- Never chase goslings or go near their nests.
- Step back calmly if a goose comes near.
- Ask before touching a gosling or egg.
- Wash your hands after visiting.
Compare and Think
- Gosling and goose: a gosling is a baby. A goose is grown up.
- Gosling and duckling: both have down and webbed feet.
- Gosling and calf: a gosling has feathers. A calf has hair.
Gosling Words to Learn
- Gosling: a baby goose
- Goose: a grown-up goose
- Hatch: to come out of an egg
- Down: soft fluff on a gosling
- Peep: a sound a gosling makes
Check understanding
Quick Questions
Say each answer aloud. Then check it with a grown-up.
Q1
What is a gosling?
Answer
A gosling is a baby goose.
Q2
How do webbed feet help a gosling?
Answer
They help the gosling swim.
Q3
What sound does a gosling make?
Answer
A gosling peeps.
Q4
What covers a gosling’s body?
Answer
Soft down covers its body.