Most children can identify living and nonliving objects, but can't explain WHY something is living or nonliving. These hands-on activities will help!

Spring is filled with many interesting, engaging, and hands-on topics for science! From clouds and water to insects to living and nonliving to plants--students are sure to be hooked!

Teach your child more about this wonderful world we live in! Understanding the difference between living and non-living things is essential! Read about it here!

Hello Everyone! We finished our study of living and nonliving things with a fun (and a little slimy) activity. "Gummy Worms vs Earth Worms...

Now that my first graders are finished learning about the 5 Senses, we are progressing into a unit about things that are Living and Non-Living, and …

Spring is definitely my favorite time of year to teach Science! There are just so many hands-on concepts that are so interesting to the students. Plants, of course, is always so interesting because they are something the kids can see all around them and they all have some kind of experience with. First up, here are some of our centers we have going on during our study of plants. This first one is the same green mat as the one below, just with different sorting objects. This is our Spring…

This Flower Parts Play Dough Mat is a hands-on way for your kids use their senses as they are learning all about the parts of a plant.

Get a free game and sorting cards to assist you in teaching your living vs non-living unit. There are other activities, such as emergent readers available too.