Instructions
Let's learn all about living things! Follow the instructions for each fun activity below. Ask a grown-up if you need any help reading the words.
Activity 1: What Do Living Things Do?
Living things do special things to stay alive. Draw a line to match what a living thing does with its meaning.
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Grow 🌱 Move âž¡ï¸ Breathe 😮 Need Food & Water ðŸŽðŸ’§ Reproduce 🣠|
Take in air. Make more living things. Get bigger and bigger. Go from one place to another. Eat and drink to have energy. |
Activity 2: Circle the Living Things!
Look at the words below. A living thing can grow, move, and breathe. A non-living thing cannot. Draw a circle around only the living things.
Dog
Car
Tree
Book
Baby
Rock
Flower
Chair
Activity 3: Draw a Living Thing
Draw your favorite living thing in the big box. It could be a pet, a person, or a plant!
Now, check the boxes for what your living thing does.
It grows.
It moves.
It needs food and water.
It breathes.
Activity 4: What Do They Need?
Living things need food, water, and air to live and grow. Draw what each living thing needs.
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A plant needs these things to grow tall. |
A puppy needs these things for energy. |
Answer Key
Activity 1: What Do Living Things Do?
- Grow 🌱 âž¡ï¸ Get bigger and bigger.
- Move âž¡ï¸ âž¡ï¸ Go from one place to another.
- Breathe 😮 âž¡ï¸ Take in air.
- Need Food & Water ðŸŽðŸ’§ âž¡ï¸ Eat and drink to have energy.
- Reproduce ðŸ£ âž¡ï¸ Make more living things.
Activity 2: Circle the Living Things!
The words that should be circled are:
Dog, Tree, Baby, Flower
Activity 3: Draw a Living Thing
Answers will vary. The drawing should be of a living organism (animal, plant, person, insect, etc.). The student should have checked the boxes that apply to their drawing.
Activity 4: What Do They Need?
- Plant: Drawings should include sunshine ☀ï¸, water 💧 (from a cloud or watering can), and maybe soil.
- Puppy: Drawings should include a bowl of food 🖠and a bowl of water 💧.